Why do Irish kids call plasticine "mawla"

enfield

Marl clay. It's under the subsoil.

Jamiekelly

Is this where the grammar nazi's have their christmas party? :pac:

emo72

hands up anyone that tasted the mala;)

kowloon

Mrmoe wrote: »

It has a different smell as well, I used to love sniffing mala.:o

It was like the glue of early childhood, but then came along Tippex, polystyrene cement and felt tip markers. A whole new world, one with exciting new colours and textures was opened up to me.

Krusader

Trí wrote: »

Yeah that's what I thought. And I would have spelled it that way as well.

The Irish word is in fact Marla

Iwannahurl

Jamiekelly wrote: »

So this is where the grammar Nazis have their Christmas party? :pac:

And the punctuation & typography Nazis.

FYP.

Iwannahurl

Larianne wrote: »

ctrl, alt and the letter you want the fáda with.

Somewhat paradoxically, fada doesn't have one.

Larianne

Iwannahurl wrote: »

Somewhat paradoxically, fada doesn't have one.

damn it. I though it did. Boo.

Iwannahurl

kowloon wrote: »

It was like the glue of early childhood, but then came along Tippex, polystyrene cement and felt tip markers. A whole new world, one with exciting new colours and textures was opened up to me.

And for some others, exciting new vapours.

Skerries

so who else used to make Marla boogers hanging from their nose?

Amber Lamps

used to love bitting mála

bought some afghany mála once too

Lord Trollington

MGMTea wrote: »

+1 and Pokemon Cards ! I was the king of teh pokemons

Pogs and The Merlin Premier League Sticker Album were all the rage when i was a youg fella.

You'd be killed for a shiney club crest or the premier league crest in the yard.
We use to spend house swapping them for ones we already had for ones we didnt.
Those were the days.

Star Bingo

why do narcoleptic kids call a JML Sleepy Pal "leaba"

dudara

FFS - it's Márla.

God knows where that name came from - Playdough definitely went with the wrong brandname.

Witcher

Amber Lamps wrote: »

bought some afghany mála once too

It blew up didn't it? The sad face tells all:pac:

Amber Lamps

Blay wrote: »

It blew up didn't it? The sad face tells all:pac:

it blew up alright, when i brought it home to the waiting hungry lungs

'why didn'tcha check it, i'm not paying for that'

Dunjohn

Marla. With a fada. Except I can't do fadas because I have my laptop set to Polish.

I could do mąrla but that would make any Polish person's nose explode.

Krusader

Dunjohn wrote: »

Marla. With a fada. Except I can't do fadas because I have my laptop set to Polish.

I could do mąrla but that would make any Polish person's nose explode.

no fada, an rl or rd in a Gaelic word elongates the sound of the preceding vowel or vowel grouping

thats why it's ard [a:rd] and not árd

Saila

its mala

/thread

TheBunk1

Why would anyone want to play with fu*king plasticine? It sounds so industrial. Marla (insert preferred spelling) all the way.

It's second only to LEGO as childhood entertainment goes!

nyarlothothep

Turtyturd wrote: »

I dunno but did anyone else have a mawla class in their school?

The one where all the kids who were not all there used to spend all day playing with mawla?

yes, I distinctly remember that around 1992 when the teacher said she was going to show us a stop motion film and I said, "I hope this isn't another stupid mawla plasticine film." I frequently got in trouble.

Nowso

They used it in Bosco ! In the make and do part. ! Thats when they werent going through the Magic door to the zoo . And gregory grainog was made from it !

Amber Lamps

Nowso wrote: »

They used it in Bosco ! In the make and do part. ! Thats when they werent going through the Magic door to the zoo . And gregory grainog was made from it !

or any number of factories. were the tounge twister things mála too?

and this fella from toe knee heart

http://www.binbin.net/photos/generic/mor/morph-plasticine-set-my-own-morph.jpg

Valmont

I told an English girl that her face was like márla and that I wanted to mush it up- it didn't go down well. I think she thought mála meant spuds or something.

Nowso

Amber Lamps wrote: »

or any number of factories. were the tounge twister things mála too?

and this fella from toe knee heart

http://www.binbin.net/photos/generic/mor/morph-plasticine-set-my-own-morph.jpg

The tongue twisters were also! Morph being the most famous english version

lalee17

Looking back on it....






What the hell was the point of mala?!

Grindylow

I called it play doh and mala..

hullaballoo

Am I the only person who read the title as "Why do Irish kids call palestine "mawla""?

mikemac

Deleted User wrote: »

it's easy, you just do this á
try it, all you have to do is this á
weirdos

That post didn't deserve all that thanks, it was a quick comment on a technical question and your reply is neither funny or original
I use a mac and didn't know how to add a fada on Windows. Stroll over the mac forum, we are a helpful bunch with no smart answers

Deleted User wrote: »

oh, and it's mála, not marla, weirdos

You are the weirdo, you don't know the difference between bag and plasticine.
Never ever of mála scoile?

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Mála = bag

Mawla isn't a word (even phonetically)

Marla is the Irish word used for modelling clay / plasticine.

Liam Byrne knows his stuff! Though it's márla.
Some people are learning márla and don't understand it so say mawla phonetically

pow wow

hullaballoo wrote: »

Am I the only person who read the title as "Why do Irish kids call palestine "mawla""?

yes, yes you are :pac:

feelingstressed

feelingstressed wrote: »

That post didn't deserve all that thanks, it was a quick comment on a technical question and your reply is neither funny or original
I use a mac and didn't know how to add a fada on Windows. Stroll over the mac forum, we are a helpful bunch with no smart answers



You are the weirdo, you don't know the difference between bag and plasticine.
Never ever of mála scoile?

Reverting to bitchiness because you can't take a joke. Hmmm.

grenache

pmcmahon wrote: »

i believe you can get a degree in it through some arts route

Ah change the record'
When you're watching your Christmas television tonight, remember that you're viewing the Arts. People who study Arts are some of the most individually gifted people i know. These constant snide remarks from people who obviously know nothing about the course content of an Arts degree really gets tiresome.

Iorras55

feelingstressed wrote: »

Marla

Supposed to be a fada in there but I don't know how to type a fada

Its mála. And to type a fáda you hold down the 'Alt Gr' key while you type the vowel you want the fáda over.

pickarooney

Deleted User wrote: »

it's easy, you just do this á
try it, all you have to do is this á

oh, and it's mála, not marla, weirdos

If being hopelessly wrong is your bag, spell it however you wish.

Timothy Bryce

Definitely a class thing. Middle class people like me called it 'play-doh'

pickarooney

pickarooney wrote: »

If being hopelessly wrong is your bag, spell it however you wish.

Well to be fair I never did spell it before! But that's how I would have pronounced it!

dudara

Lads, it's definitely márla. Anything else is lazy pronounciation. You may have gron up saying "mála" or "mawla" but that was incorrect. Blame your teacher for failing to know the difference between plastecine and a bag.

Take this as fact from an Irish speaking, Gaeltacht born person with a national school teacher for a mother - thank you Bean Uí Chróinín.

Timothy Bryce

dudara wrote: »

Lads, it's definitely márla. Anything else is lazy pronounciation. You may have gron up saying "mála" or "mawla" but that was incorrect. Blame your teacher for failing to know the difference between plastecine and a bag.

Take this as fact from an Irish speaking, Gaeltacht born person with a national school teacher for a mother - thank you Bean Uí Chróinín.

Brilliantly definitive. Are we safe to draw a line under this an move on?

whycliff

whycliff wrote: »

Pogs and The Merlin Premier League Sticker Album were all the rage when i was a youg fella.

You'd be killed for a shiney club crest or the premier league crest in the yard.
We use to spend house swapping them for ones we already had for ones we didnt.
Those were the days.

One day in Primary School during lunch, someone brought in a load of Merlin Premier League Stickers and through them in the air. I swear to Christ that it started a riot. Kids were actually punching each other for them, one lad even smacked another against a wall if I recall correctly.

It was only when the teachers were called in to sort it all out that everyone realised they had been the previous season collection.

It's márla and will forever be considered so, even if I move to another country.

pickarooney

Timothy Bryce wrote: »

Brilliantly definitive. Are we safe to draw a line under this an move on?

No, dudara still has to go head to head with Crosáidí over the fada.

stoneill

Despite the ongoing controversy:
When growing up, to us young 'uns it was universally known as mala.
It was very useful for making:
Snails
Sausages
Long snots
Mickeys
Dental impressions of 4 year olds.
Hair impressions.
Sandwich fillers for Floodsie who sat two rows back.
Something to stick your pencil in.
When moulded into a cup, you could fill it with golliers and then put a lid on and throw it at class 3B during playtime.

syklops

Noel2k9 wrote: »

I called it play doh and mala..

I used to love the smell of Play Doh!!!

yupyup7up

Nope, definitely never had Marla at school.

sbsquarepants

mikom wrote: »

It's márla.

Never heard of it.
I was raised a maula man and i'll die a maula man.
Kinda like morph, who rocks by the way.

garv123

whycliff wrote: »

Pogs and The Merlin Premier League Sticker Album were all the rage when i was a youg fella.

You'd be killed for a shiney club crest or the premier league crest in the yard.
We use to spend house swapping them for ones we already had for ones we didnt.
Those were the days.

one guy i remember had a big pringle box full of "spares" to swap

mikemac

stoneill wrote: »

When moulded into a cup, you could fill it with golliers and then put a lid on and throw it at class 3B during playtime.

What is a gollier?

pickarooney

It's a type of mable.