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Original poster

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

35 replies

MrsUptight · 16/12/2013 22:58

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.

Hmm

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?

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JanetAndRoy · 16/12/2013 22:59

We say Mo-am.

paddyclampo · 16/12/2013 22:59

DS pronounces it the same way as you :)

Felix90 · 16/12/2013 22:59

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

justgirl · 16/12/2013 23:00

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

TwistedRib · 16/12/2013 23:01

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

gordyslovesheep · 16/12/2013 23:01

I say mo -am

17leftfeet · 16/12/2013 23:02

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 · 16/12/2013 23:02

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 · 16/12/2013 23:02

We say it the same way as you

MrsDrRanj · 16/12/2013 23:02

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

DeckTheHallsWithBoughsOfHorry · 16/12/2013 23:02

And yes, the packets show fruit sex Shock

SecretRed · 16/12/2013 23:03

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

LittleTulip · 16/12/2013 23:03

Ma-oh-Am

Cos that's how it's spelt??

SugarHut · 16/12/2013 23:03

Mow (like cow) Oh Am

VoodooChimp · 16/12/2013 23:04

The correct way - same as you :)

MsRyanGosling · 16/12/2013 23:05

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 · 16/12/2013 23:08

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 · 16/12/2013 23:08

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 :)

Original poster
MrsUptight · 16/12/2013 23:09

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

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mum2bubble · 16/12/2013 23:12

dd says mayo-ams

Tikkamasala · 16/12/2013 23:15

I say mow-am!

FudgefaceMcZ · 16/12/2013 23:15

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

PrincessPeashooter · 16/12/2013 23:24

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 · 16/12/2013 23:26

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 · 16/12/2013 23:27

Ma-o-am Smile