To ask if you're British why would you spell 'Mum' as 'Mom'

[MoonStar07]

#firstworldproblem! Does my head in it's Mum! Mummy etc not Mom. Point made. Thanks

Talking about spelling it, not pronouncing it. Spelling it as Mom is incorrect, winds me up too!!

"Spelling it as Mom is incorrect"

No. It. Is. Not.

How is spelling it Mom incorrect if that's how it's pronounced? Is Mam incorrect too then?

It's Mam

FAO Ladiva

"Mum" is spelled "Mum"
"Mom" is spelled "Mom"
"Mam" is spelled "Mam"
etc.

HTH.

I know that various areas of the Midlands say and write Mom. It is dialect. I'm northern and both my parents say "me mam". If my Dad wanted to get my Grans attention he would say, "Mam, I meant to say..." etc. We were very discouraged to use it. I say Mum. It is dying out. Anyway, Mom is definitely not an obvious indicator of "trying to be American" or whatever.

I'm American so I say mom. My ds calls me mommy. Have always called my own mother mama or mom.

The English way of talking and their spellings, etc. is very charming.

I have a southern US accent. So many different regional accents here just like in Britain.

I didn't know people in the places mentioned here, Ireland, Birmingham, used mom and mommy. Interesting. Enjoying all the comments.

My step-siblings are from Sheffield they call their mother 'mom'. Their mother also from Sheffield calls her mother 'mam'. The rest of us are welsh. We also say Mam. Except my kids dad who is from Bristol and says 'mum'. Somehow we all survive this insanity

'People not getting regional variations annoys me.'

Thia.

Yes, definitely a first world problem

US Mom (definite 'o' sound

Not where I live in the US. It's a broad/long "a" sound. So like you are saying mama, but stop short. Mahm. Not an o sound.

Ah, the annual Mom thread.

I was brought up in the Midlands and said Mom, with a definite 'o' sound. I think it's charming.

Yes Seneca that's how my American cousins say Mom.. Very similar to how the Irish people that i know say Mom

My American born children love to call me " Maaaa" or do the Stewie thing, MOM..MOMMY MOM..MOM..MOM..MOMMY...hi...

Do folk not realise that many of the so called 'americanisms'... actually aren't at all, but in fact originated here as regional variations and ended up over there.

America is after all a huge melting pot of cultures and origins and the people who moved there took the language they had with them, and it evolved differently in different areas.

Americanisms that are actually 'british' in origin..

Gotten - shakespeare used it!
Theater, sidewalk and fall - all used here pre- 1700!

British-isms that are actually american..

Stiff upper lip!

Jail - we used 'gaol'
Mask - - we said 'masque'
Public - we used 'publick'

Language is a funny old thing!

leave 'mom' is not an americanism, it originated from the uk
I use mom too! Don't live in the midlands.
My parents were taught to use mom, so that's why i use it.
*Latvia it's not spelt wrong

I'm in Yorkshire and would write Mum but pronounce it Mom.

Wow, I had no idea that mom was also a UK thing. Is it mommy/mom or only ever mom?

I know some NI people with a mumma.

As I'm from the north mam is a normal alternative, but I've only ever heard Irish people say mammy.

I always thought the 'official' term was mummy/mum because that's all I've ever seen in books, taught at school etc. In my parents' area I never hear small children say mam, or even that many people of my age.

mango mammy or mami is used in wales.

There are many 'Americanisms' I welcome: gotten;

You don't need to thank America for 'gotten'.

It is widely used in Scotland.

It is the way they spell it in Birmingham.

Someone mentioned "Monday through Wednesday" as an Americanism. I have noticed that when I say "through Friday " a British person will reply "Oh, until Friday, OK."

Doesn't "until Friday" mean "definitely Thursday, but not on Friday?"

I've always assumed it was British regional as well as American, in the same way that many familiar americanisms ("gotten") have their roots in regional British English usage.

My DD writes it as "mom", though it's not a regional thing in her case - having been raised abroad she is more influenced by American than British culture. She uses quite a few americanisms.