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"I think we started using the word, mum, in the 1990s."

Paddy Digit says he supports Sean on the Mammy issue.

"I'm with you on the mammy issue," says Paddy Digit.

Sean was speaking on the show yesterday about the use of the word, mum. He says his mother would have hit him with a wet dishcloth if he'd used it with her.

"I want to ask the Eyebrowettes," he says, "when did we start using the word, mum, in Northern Ireland? I think it was the 1990s."

Janet suggests it might have come from America.

"No!" Sean says. "The Americans say mom. Mum is English."

"It was always Mammy for me," Paddy says. "I can't take the word, mum. Or ma!"

"People started to use the word, mum, when we started to use the word, chippie," says Brendan in Bishop Street."

"Do I say chippie?" Sean says. "Thank you for that information."

With music from Darlene Love, The Crystals, The Ronettes, and more.

56 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Dec 2022 15:04

Music Played

  • Darlene Love

    Winter Wonderland

  • The Crystals

    Then He Kissed Me

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

  • Everly Bros -Cathy's clown

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  • Chuck Berry

    Run Rudolph Run

  • Neil Diamond

    You Got To Me

  • The Rolling Stones

    The Last Time

  • Jim Reeves

    An Old Christmas Card

  • The Byrds

    All I Really Want To Do

  • Roy Orbison

    Pretty Paper

  • Mike Curb Congregation

    Burning Bridges

  • Joe Dolan

    I Love You More

  • Johnny Cash

    Ring Of Fire

  • Paddy Reilly

    Dirty Old Town

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Dec 2022 15:04