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?

[Sillysarah49]

Am I the only person to have absolutely no idea what you are talking about? What are these sweets and why have I never seen them?

[trinity0097]

Mow-wam is how the kids at school say it, with the mow rhyming with cow.

[Spaulding]

MOW-WAM. With the "mow" rhyming with "cow"

The advert jingle says so.

"Mow-wam. M-A-O-A-M. Mow-wam. Soft fruit flavour chew" etc

[whois]

Same as you OP

[mewmeow]

It's mow-wam!

[TheBigJessie]

justgirl I say Moe-zay-ick for mosaic

[FortyDoorsToNowhere]

Mee ow, cause that how ds said it and it's stuck. I annoy myself over the incorrect way.

Mow (like cow) am I know is the correct way.

[Spermysextowel]

Mow (like pow) am but with emphasis on 'am' rather than mow. Have never had to say it as my children would rather have celery sticks with linseed sprinkled on than sweets, but have pondered on this whilst queuing at Budgens tills & realised it's like the noise that I make when eating something sumptuous (like the tinned ravioli with grated cheese on top that I had for my staff lunch every Saturday in my first weekend job-I stopped when I caught myself doing it). Now I see a Maoam & I think ravioli & my mouth waters...

[Pooka]

Mow-am

Like cow-am

Chairman Mao Am

[NigellasDealer]

probably the same as you but cannot recall ever having to say it

[Atomiksnowflake]

Ma-o-am

[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!

[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.

[FudgefaceMcZ]

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

[Tikkamasala]

I say mow-am!

[mum2bubble]

dd says mayo-ams

[MrsUptight]

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

[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 :)

[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

[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!

[VoodooChimp]

The correct way - same as you :)

[SugarHut]

Mow (like cow) Oh Am

[LittleTulip]

Ma-oh-Am

Cos that's how it's spelt??

[SecretRed]

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

[DeckTheHallsWithBoughsOfHorry]

And yes, the packets show fruit sex