I have always called my parents Mum and Dad as that is how i was brought up. But i know some people call their parents by different names such as Mother and Father. Mummy and Daddy or Mama and Papa. But there are some people that call their parents by their first name which i have never been comfortable with

Mutha, and Fatha

If you're northern it's compulsory to call your mum "mam".

Th'owd queen.

I call them dead.

My mum is dead, and this can make a difference - when talking to people I would always usually refer to 'my mum and dad', but sometimes if I am missing my mum I talk about 'my mummy'

Also:
'Mein vater'
'Papa dearest'
'Farzer' (I know not how this would be spelt)
'The parentals'

Mam and Dad. Sometimes Mambo and Daddio!

Call Mum Mum.

My dad if I am referring to him (As I haven't seen him in 19 years) I don't think we are allowed to use those words on here.

Me mam and me dad.

I never ever called them by their first names, same goes for me gran and grandad, it would have felt very weird.

In fact off the top of my head I only know one of my grandparents first names. All but one of them died before I was 5 and when I wrote to the remaining one the letter was sent along with me mam's, this would be in the days before phones were common in working class households.

One of the most annoying things about being a northerner exiled in the south (apart from the expensive beer and houses) is that it is impossible to buy a birthday or Christmas card with "Mam" on it.

Nope.

It's a Welsh thing too. I call my Mother Mam.


I agree, although there are one or two around. There is a shop near where I live that sells them - they're hidden amongst the 10,000 "Mum" ones!

Long way round and a bit more expensive but you can get them online. My mum insists on 'mothering Sunday' cards never had a problem online.
Even once got her a little teddy with mam on by accident.

Dad is just Dad, but my mother has several names, none of them polite.

Irish people refer to mum as mam too although I don't. I use mum

Mum was always Mum, Dad can be Dad, Pops, Faither (NOT FATHER!)

MIL was always known to me by her christian name

No though I often refer to my Mum as Mother for some reason. One of my grandads was known by his nickname by everyone, including family. So all us grandkids would call him the nickname instead of Grandad, and so would his kids, though they would on occasion call him Dad. But the majority of the time they would call him by his nickname, as everyone did.

Thank Christ for that, and drink vodka instead of beer, if beer's expensive.
Also there are a few other things about northerners that make them annoying, but NOT ALL OF THEM! Most are okay.

I went out with a girl for a while who called her parents by their Christian names, not my business, but it didn't seem right to me.
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I call my mum, lad.

My kids call us by our christian names. It started off as a joke to annoy us then just stuck. I know people find it strange (we've been told a lot) but it's just normal to us. As long as you have a good relationship and respect each other then I don't see the problem.

Not to their faces.

OH called his parents by their christian names, but that's because he was brought up in a pub - if you walk into a pub and call out "Mum" or "Dad" everyone answers!

Mam and dad.

'Hoy, biffa. That brick wall just called your mutha a slag. What'cha ganna aboot, eh?'....