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Do you say Mum or Mom and where do you come from?

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Flossflower · 12/08/2023 16:03

I apologise if this has been done before. I have always said Mum or Mummy and thought everyone did. On these threads I often see Mom or Mommy. I know this is the US version but it seems that it is more than that. I have assumed these posts have been written by AI or similar using US English but maybe that is not the case so please can you tell me what you call your mother and where you are from.

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Flossflower · 13/08/2023 06:26

Swansandcustard · 13/08/2023 00:45

Is it not just regionally some pronounce it ‘mom’ but it’s still actually mum?

Yes. I am only really asking about if the word is spelt ‘Mum’ or ‘Mom’. Either are pronounced differently all over the UK.

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ShazzaF · 13/08/2023 06:31

Swansandcustard · 13/08/2023 00:45

Is it not just regionally some pronounce it ‘mom’ but it’s still actually mum?

No, it's definitely spelt mom where I am! Mum is pronounced differently

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Flossflower · 13/08/2023 06:35

UsingChangeofName · 13/08/2023 00:46

I lived for a lot of my childhood in Birmingham (Harbourne)

Well, if your parents were from the SE, and you were temporarily living in Harborne, then they wouldn't have wanted you to grow up with a Brummie accent, so it is quite likely they "corrected" your 'Mom' to 'Mum' in the same way that if I were bringing my dc up in Sough or somewhere, I would "correct" my dc if they came home with the local way of making a "th" sound into a "fv" sound.
Mom is the way Midlanders say it.
But, as so many have said, "Mam" is another variation. Had you heard of that ?

I lived in Birmingham between the ages of 2 and 10 so it was more than temporary! I definitely developed a Brummie accent and as I said I still retain the Brummie elongated ‘ing’ (gerund). After that we moved to the NW so not to SE for a while. Yes I may have said ‘Mum’ because that was said at home.

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Flossflower · 13/08/2023 06:37

Yes I have heard of ‘Mam’ which I associate with friends from the NE of England.

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BitOutOfPractice · 13/08/2023 07:15

It’s spelled mom, it’s pronounced mom. But not pronounced like Americans pronounce mom. It’s a short o sound. Rhymes with bomb.

and no, you will not have seen a shop bought card in the uk with mom on it because card makers are as ignorant as you were and they all say mum.

tuvamoodyson · 13/08/2023 07:25

I said mum/mother…central Scotland

ShazzaF · 13/08/2023 07:39

BitOutOfPractice · 13/08/2023 07:15

It’s spelled mom, it’s pronounced mom. But not pronounced like Americans pronounce mom. It’s a short o sound. Rhymes with bomb.

and no, you will not have seen a shop bought card in the uk with mom on it because card makers are as ignorant as you were and they all say mum.

Yep - I remember my mom buying cards for my grandmother and drawing over the U in mum to turn it into an O Grin

BitOutOfPractice · 13/08/2023 07:42

My kids do the changing u to o too! 😂. They grew up in the south east of England but I’ve always been a mommy / mom. I buy my own mom cards with mother on because I point blank refuse to buy a mum card.

sadaboutmycat · 13/08/2023 08:50

Flossflower · 12/08/2023 16:03

I apologise if this has been done before. I have always said Mum or Mummy and thought everyone did. On these threads I often see Mom or Mommy. I know this is the US version but it seems that it is more than that. I have assumed these posts have been written by AI or similar using US English but maybe that is not the case so please can you tell me what you call your mother and where you are from.

Posts written by AI?
Is this really a thing? I understand bots etc on Twitter as they are after retweets etc but why would it happen on MN?

lugeanjaam · 13/08/2023 08:52

Mum from Oz

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