To ask why somepeople use the word mom on here?

[Bubblemoon]

Mom?

[meditrina]

Because some people use the word in RL?

[MammaTJisWearingGold]

If they are American, that would be standard.

[freerangechickens]

Some of us aren't Brits.

[FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra]

It's quite widely used in the Midlands.

[squoosh]

I think people from the West Midlands say Mom.

I know that people from Co. Kerry say Mom.

It's not just an Americanism.

[AuntPepita]

Because in the black country you have a Mom, not a Mum.

[HelgatheHairy]

Squoosh - never realised that Co Kerry people use mom but thinking bout it I do call her mom (or mam)

[musicmadness]

"Because in the black country you have a Mom, not a Mum."

^^This. I'm from the Midlands and pretty much always use Mom.

[Bubblemoon]

I never knew most of that. Thanks.

[Tee2072]

Because HEY! GUESS WHAT? We aren't all from the UK. Some of us in the UK say Mom. And...some of us use Mum and Mom interchangeably.

HTH!

[Proudnscary]

My dh says 'mom' - he's a Yorkshireman. I've never thought about it before actually - is this usual for Yorkshire folk?

[FireOverBabylon]

I've seen posters on here from Germany, Australia, the Caribean, the US and Canada. Not everyone posts from the UK mainland so have different words. Similarly, I've also seen regional variations such as mam used.

[eagerbeagle]

Another vote for mom here. Didn't know it wasn't universal until I read it on here.

[HappyJoyful]

yep another vote for West Midlands.. my Mum is from there and must say, despite us never ever using the word to call her she will often sign a card Mommy.. I have always it must just be something from her childhood / what she called her Mom

[Doyouthinktheysaurus]

My mum is a Brummy and always says mom! It's only as an adult reading MN that I realised it was a West Midlands thing.

[Scholes34]

My Mum's from Yorkshire and calls herself Mom. I call her Mum, my Nan called herself Mam.

[BitOutOfPractice]

I am from the Black Country. I am a mom. My mother is my mom. My kids call me mom. Even though we live in Essex

Everyone's not the same eh? Who'd a thunk it?

[rabbitonthemoon]

I'm from the midlands. My mom is my mom - it would be odd to call her mum. But I use mum when talking to other people usually because they always pick me up on it/look bemused. When I was teaching a fellow teacher made the children spell it mum, even in mothers day cards. Rotten cow

[YUNoSaySomethingNice]

I have a Ma not a Mum or a Mom.

[brianbennettfan]

Definitely a West Midlands thing.

You can take the girl out of Bilston, but you can't take Bilston out of the girl (and I have lived in Southampton since 1972 .)

[mommybunny]

OP, sounds like you might object?

[I'm American living in the UK - I tell my DCs I am "Mommy" not "Mummy" though I would never refuse a birthday or Mother's Day card with "Mummy" written on it. I had no idea "mom" was common in the Midlands though.]

[SoleSource]

Mom here in West Mids.

Why some say Ma or Mam?

[Happyasapiginshite]

I have a Mam and I am a Mom. From Dublin. Mum hurts my teeth when said in an Irish accent.

[Bubblemoon]

mommybunny - no objection here. It's something you never hear used in the mild, mild West of England, so I was fascinated to see it used so widely by posters here.

[squoosh]

I say Mum in an Irish accent. Inverted snobbery.

Live and let live.