To ask how you pronounce Maoam? As in the sweets?

[MrsUptight]

I always say "Mow-Am" with the "mow" rhyming with "pow!" But I heard a woman saying "Here's a moam for you and a moam for you" with the "moam" to rhyme with MOAN.



My thinking is that "Mao" is like Chairman Mao...I know that's not the way to think since Maoams are not Asian sweets...but heck...how DO you say it?

[JanetAndRoy]

We say Mo-am.

[paddyclampo]

DS pronounces it the same way as you :)

[Felix90]

You definitely say it right. I remember the adverts from a few years ago vividly!

[justgirl]

i would proper laugh if i overheard that. i say it the same as you lol

[TwistedRib]

Mo-am.
BTW Have you looked closely at the cartoon pictures on each little packet???

[gordyslovesheep]

I say mo -am

[17leftfeet]

mao-o-am

no idea if I'm right but people seem to know what I mean and no one has laughed to my face

[DeckTheHallsWithBoughsOfHorry]

On the adverts it's clearly three syllables: ma (as in map) oh am

So m-ow-am (ow as in cow) yes yes.

And it's Hal-fds not Hol-fds ::glares at DH::

[CatAmongThePigeons]

We say it the same way as you

[MrsDrRanj]

It's Mow-am to rhyme with pow. I remember the jingle.

[DeckTheHallsWithBoughsOfHorry]

And yes, the packets show fruit sex

[SecretRed]

Yep ma oh am. Is the ad not on you tube?

[LittleTulip]

Ma-oh-Am

Cos that's how it's spelt??

[SugarHut]

Mow (like cow) Oh Am

[VoodooChimp]

The correct way - same as you :)

[MsRyanGosling]

Haha I say it like the other woman! Mome to rhyme with Lone.

DP thinks it's Maowm.

I could be in the wrong!

[justgirl]

can i gatecrash?? how do mumsnetters pronounce "mosaic" ?? mow zake or mow zay ic ??? OR is the individual pieces and the other the complete project??

insert crazy emoticon

[IneedAwittierNickname]

I used say it mah oh am, like it was on the adverts.

Ds1 called them moams (to rhyme with moan) bu mistake, so that's what we call them now :)

[MrsUptight]

Ha! Bloody woman! I knew she was wrong with her MOAMS!

[mum2bubble]

dd says mayo-ams

[Tikkamasala]

I say mow-am!

[FudgefaceMcZ]

Never had to say it out loud. Clearly I've led a sheltered life :)

[PrincessPeashooter]

I call then chewy sweets. Everyone takes the piss out of my mispronunciations so I've never taken the risk, if in a bind I stick to haribo.

[TravellingToad]

Mow (rhymes with cow) - am

Same as you. It's how they say it in the tv ads so that's a pretty definitive answer!

[Atomiksnowflake]

Ma-o-am