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

But I thought Mom was short for mother?

Black Country girl here and mom's the word! I have a good friend also from round ere who calls her mom Mol... I always thought it was just a family thing but apparently there's a few people dotted around the area who also use the word Mol (not short for Molly or any other name). Bizarre. I always cringe a little when I hear the word mum but can't really explain why

tryhard that's exactly what DH told me

I know an American lady who spells it 'mum' because she thinks it sounds posh. She's wonderful!

tryhard, yes. Mom = short for Mother.

It's not a Midlands thing, it's a Birmingham thing. I've lived in Herefordshire and they don't say Mom.

Moonstar why would you spell Mom as Mum? Everyone where I live in the middle of BRITAIN spells/says Mom. You must be some type of intolerant person to dislike regional variations.

It's not a Midlands thing, it's a Birmingham thing.

Not just Birmingham. Black Country too.

Well pointed out Ovaries! Us Black Country folk are not Brummies

Because, as I'm sure you're aware, by now, you're from the black country.

It is not a NE of Scotland thing! Nobody refers to their mom in the NE...

Even if it is the influence of American culture, what's the problem? There aren't many parts of the world that hasn't been changed because of British influence.

I'm Irish. 'Mom' is used loads here. It's not an americanisation. In some areas it's the English spelling of the Irish pronunciation of the word 'Mam'.

'Mam' is a word in Irish. Depending on the area you're from it is pronounced as either Mam' or 'Mom'.

In my house my mother was called either 'Mam' or 'Mom'. I'm not a 'Mummy'.

LucyBabs
Although I've nevet met an Irish person who says Pants for trousers

Hello! I say pants, as do loads of people I know.

My mom was raised in Birmingham until she was 7 so always used that word and so me and my sister grew up hearing it and so we call our mother 'mom' too.

None of us live in Birmingham but the entire family use the word 'mom'.

My aunties daughter calls her mom.

My sisters two children call her mom.

My DS is 2.5 snd refers to me as mommy.

It's just what is normal in my family and to say mum just feels so wrong and strange.

I'm not too sure why anyway would get particularly wound up about it to be honest....

Insightful :) it was a question! I didn't know of the birmingham thing.

Wolverhampton girl here ,

I'm a mom or a mommy , said and spelt just like that .

Its just the way it is ...its not done to piss anyone else off , until I joined mumsnet I didn't know it was such a big issue .

The black country has some fabulous words that the rest of the country don't use , we enjoy them !

Oh I now know one Irish person who says Pants for Trousers Hi squiggle