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AIBU?

Mum/Mom

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PrincessConsuelaBananahamm0ck · 21/02/2019 15:44

I often see posts on here where people use 'Mom' instead of 'Mum'. I always thought Mom was just an American thing and I know some Americans use these boards. However I see it often enough to wonder if there's parts of the UK that use Mom not Mum and it's not just the odd American on here? I know that 'Mam' is a thing in other parts of the UK, but I had no idea 'Mom' was. Can someone please enlighten me?

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Merchantgirl · 21/02/2019 15:45

Midlands say Mom

Caticorn · 21/02/2019 15:45

This has been done to death!!!!! Mom is used in Birmingham and some other parts of the West Midlands.

KatnissMellark · 21/02/2019 15:45

I'm in the West Midlands and lots here use Mom. It surprised me when I moved here as didn't realise it was a British thing at all

iklboo · 21/02/2019 15:45

A lot of the Midlands and Republic of Ireland say / write Mom for mum and have done for a long time, no American influence (it's probably the other way round).

Treaclepie19 · 21/02/2019 15:48

This is so overdone... not sure why it matters what people call their parents?
But yes, I'm in the Midlands and say Mom.

NoWayNoHow · 21/02/2019 15:49

South Africans also say Mom

PrincessConsuelaBananahamm0ck · 21/02/2019 15:52

I didn't say it mattered! I was simply curious.

Thank you.

And for the record I was unaware that this question has been 'done to death'.

Jeez!

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Onemorewonthurt · 21/02/2019 15:52

I'm in the Midlands too, we all say mom

AryaStarkWolf · 21/02/2019 15:54

I'm from Ireland (Republic) and say Mom

Jebuschristchocolatebar · 21/02/2019 15:54

Parts of Ireland say Mom.

Divgirl2 · 21/02/2019 15:55

I had friends in Sheffield who used mom, didn't realise it was a British thing at all until then!

MsHopey · 21/02/2019 15:58

West Midlands here and we say Mom.
Everyone on mumsnet comments on it when I use it🙄 but Mum sounds and looks just as alien to me as Mom does to others.

myrtleWilson · 21/02/2019 15:59

ah my favourite version of this old faithful was about someone "utterly gobsmacked about mom cards". It was in chat so lost to the ether now but the OP I seem to recall was a pompous arse (not you OP!)

GhostsInSnow · 21/02/2019 16:01

Never understood why the Americanism thing bothers people anyway. Language evolves with time. If it didn't we'd all still either be grunting like cavemen or talking like Shakespeare.

llangennith · 21/02/2019 16:02

I didn't know it had been done to death so if you don't want to see it don't open threads like this.
I didn't know Mom was a British thing.

whitetoblerone · 21/02/2019 16:02

Even if it has been 'done to death' the OP may not know this. There are plenty of threads I see where people say it's always asked, but I haven't seen it before!

Parts of my family say Mam and others (myself) day Mum. I always thought Mom was American too, I didn't know it was used in the UK. You learn something new everyday

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 21/02/2019 16:04

Just wait till later in the year when the "Hallowe'en = Disgraceful American Shite" starts, as well the the threads at Christmas about how saying "Santa" rather than "Father Christmas" is a sign of witchcraft.

AryaStarkWolf · 21/02/2019 16:07

about how saying "Santa" rather than "Father Christmas" is a sign of witchcraft.

Santy over here [santa]

Ispywithmycynicaleye · 21/02/2019 16:09

I grew up in in the Scotland highlands, we said Mam

gingajewel · 21/02/2019 16:10

I’m from the midlands, I thought every one said mom until I started using mn and realised people find it so alien!

Alicatz66 · 21/02/2019 16:31

Brummie here!! We always say Mom .. it's lovely to find a card with it on !!!

Emeraldshamrock · 21/02/2019 16:35

We say Mam or Mammy depending on age and area, My mam used to call her mam "Mammy"
When I was a teen I tried to get away with Ma.

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PrincessConsuelaBananahamm0ck · 21/02/2019 17:16

Thank you for all the replies.

Again, just to reiterate, it doesn't bother me in the sightest. Neither does Halloween or Santa. I was genuinely curious as I had no idea it was used in the UK. Hence why I asked the question. Things like regional words and dialect interest me.

So I've learned two things today. Firstly, Mom is a term used in certain parts of the UK. Secondly, never ask a question on mumsnet that someone, somewhere might have asked before as someone is bound to get weirdly pissy about it.

I love AIBU, it never fails to amuse me!

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Caspiana · 21/02/2019 17:17

I’ve lived my entire life in Birmingham and don’t know anyone who says “mom”!

Rspu3 · 21/02/2019 17:18

Also from Midlands I say Mam as it is a gypsy/traveller way of saying

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