Mommy

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Am I the only one who cannot stand being referred to as a mom, mommy or mommie

I am not American

It is spelt MUMMY

I don't know why this annoys me so much but it sets my teeth on edge

Another midlander Mommy. I always hate not being able to find greetings cards etc with Mom on instead of Mum. People around here that do use "Mum" are seen as posh 😁

Black Country, lived all my adult life outside the Midlands. Finally can explain its a Midlands thing not a quirky wierd "me n my family" thing. I have a mom n got so fed up of being told I spell it wrong (Along with the usual say everything wrong as a Black Country girl).. I had started to believe them about mom... Thanks for putting me right mumsnet moms.

Oh, I had no idea this was a regional thing - I'm in Scotland and used to work with a girl from The Midlands who had a mom. I had never heard it outside America and always just assumed she had family connections to the US.

I have never heard of anyone being "ma" or "maw" round here unless it's a piss take. Or "smell yer maw".

I'm from the Black Country and a Mom. I don't believe it's something we've taken from another culture, it's always been Mom!

Another Midlands 'mom' here. I don't think that there are any more diverse cultures in the midlands than in other urban areas - certainly I don't see a big American influence! And to the person who said it was a class thing - I work with social services and health professionals - who always use the term 'mom'.

"I'm pretty sure it's just a regional issue, nothing to do with class. "

Depends. If you hear an adult use 'mummy' you know they're a bit posh. Mummy (and mammy and mommie) are for small children generally.

Im from central scotland we use muma or mummy then mum when kids get older and teens like to use ma or maw (rarely infront of their mums). My gran says when she was small people here used ma and mammy it was 50's/60's when mum became a thing here she started her mothing life as mammy and it changed over time to mum.

Another Mom Mum thread

In the Midlands us Mom pronounced as it is spelt - and same question for Mommy?

I'm from the Midlands and 'Mom' drives me mad - I'm Mum ...

Always thought Mam is a slang word for Madam so I find it a bit insulting

I haven't been called Mummy for about 4 years now, I can't remember the exact moment it changed from mummy to mum. I sort of miss it.

Well the Queen is called Ma'am. So its OK now to call me Mam without the apostrophe, yipee!

"Americans pronounce mommy as mummy anyway. So it doesn't matter how you spell it."

Sounds completely different to me. With mommy the vowel sound in the first syllable is 'ah' (not 'oh') as you'd expect from the spelling and in mummy it's 'uh'.

From the dictionary:

mommy/ˈmɒmi/

mummy/ˈmʌmi/

I don't know how Midlands mom is pronounced.

Try being Mutti !!www.mumsnet.com/emo/te/2.gif.pagespeed.ce.pqlGYGVWqX.gif

I don't know how Midlands mom is pronounced.

To rhyme with "pom" as in "pom bear".

Midlands Mom is like Tom

I'm called Mum by my eldest and Mom by my youngest. I presumed it was too much American tv. This thread is an eye opener! I'm not keen on either but I'm glad to be one!

In my experience:
Mum = working class (Birmingham and elsewhere U.K.)
Mom = American/Hallmark Americanism
Mummy (below age of 10) = acceptable
Mummy (above age of 10 approx.) = posh (ditto Daddy)

I am in the Midlands. But not from it.
Only in the Birmingham area have I heard "mom" rather than "mum".
I am mummy (10 &9 yr olds) and mama (1 year old). A lot of locals have mocked my accent over the years of living in the midlands, but noone has ever remarked on this.

I'm from the Midlands and therefore a Mommy. Mummy makes me cringe. I hate that there aren't greetings cards with Mommy on unless you do crappy moonpig ones.

What's it got to do with class?

DS goes to a nursery in a fairly well to do area (someone turned up in a Bentley the other day and made my Fiat look a bit shit) and it's bloody Mom and Mommy because we are in the Midlands.

I say and prefer 'Mummy' but it's a losing battle. I did write Mummy on the card list and forms and stuff but alas no notice has been taken.

If you want to hear a good Dudley 'Mom' being said google the Dudley tornado video 😂 it's complete gold.

I'm from the Midlands and the only people I know here who say mom/mommy are American, everyone else says mum/mummy/mam

I thought in Scotland it was "yer maw". :-)