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Daughter calling me "mom"

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SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 16:42

Wibu to ask my mum to stop my 3 year old watching American tv when she is there? She picks her up from nut earth twice a week when I finish late and now 3 year old has started calling me mom or mommy. Which just really grates! Aibu to ask her to stick to ceebeebies?

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FrustratedTeddyLamp · 13/09/2017 16:44

Perhaps I just don't listen or I'm used to it but I always felt pronunciation was the same just spelling

FerretsAreFeminists · 13/09/2017 16:45

British people use the term 'mom' too so it's not strictly an American/American TV thing.

Original poster
SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 16:46

She's picked it up from Dora and Disney channel. It's a definite American sounding MOOOOOOM. Usually right in my ear. At about 6am.

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StillRowing · 13/09/2017 16:48

I'm from Birmingham so my mom is definitely Mom calling her mum is just weird. I don't even like getting her cards with mum on.

AllToadsLeadToHome · 13/09/2017 16:49

British people use the term 'mom' too so it's not strictly an American/American TV thing.

British people use it because it has crept in to English due to American TV.

Like a lot of other Americanisms. English ain't wot it used to be.

just5morepeas · 13/09/2017 16:49

I don't think you'd be unreasonable to ask her to stick to Cbeebies. I prefer it because you don't get all the adverts.

balsamicbarbara · 13/09/2017 16:51

Another favourite in our house is "lever" - the lev-er pronunciation rather than lee-ver. It's YouTube that does it. But I think it's a good thing as ultimately there are more US English speakers and even US spellings are allowed in certain exams now (Science in particular).

MetalMidget · 13/09/2017 16:51

British people use it because it has crept in to English due to American TV.

Bollocks is it, mom has been the preferred term in much of the West Midlands long before TV - my Nan used to call her mom 'mom'!

SofiaAmes · 13/09/2017 16:52

My dd switches from mum, mummy, mom and mamma depending on her mood. I'm just glad that she's still looking to me for advice at 14.

Original poster
SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 16:55

I don't mind Americanisms! I use a few of them myself.
But I'm mum, not mom.

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FerretsAreFeminists · 13/09/2017 16:56

British people use it because it has crept in to English due to American TV.

Nope. It's been used in the west midlands for decades, certainly long before American TV influences. It's a regional thing.

I'm in the north east and here we say Mam.

littlemisssweetness · 13/09/2017 16:58

I think your majorly overthinking this- they're basically the exact same things

Nettletheelf · 13/09/2017 16:58

NIP IT IN THE BUD, DO IT NOW!

That would drive me insane. Save our mother tongue!

Next she will be saying 'gotten'. That would be insufferable. Be tough on americanisms and tough on the causes of americanisms!

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SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 16:59

But they're really not. I hate it. Just like the lady up thread from Birmingham hates mum.

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Original poster
SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 16:59

I say gotten Blush

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opheliacat · 13/09/2017 17:03

They are all pretty awful. Mum (deodorant) mummy (egyptains) mom (awful) mam (by far the worst, superseded only by Nanna.) Mama is like a wind up doll DD has. I far far prefer my own name to any of the labels for mother.

MrsJayy · 13/09/2017 17:04

Just correct her say it is mum dd although my Dd spent a year saying Hola thanks to Dora

cowgirlsareforever · 13/09/2017 17:05

I was so angry seeing the word 'MOM' spelled out in flowers at the funeral on Doctors! Now I know it's OK because it's set in Birmingham!

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SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 17:05

She only calls me by my first name when I'm in trouble Grin

Clearly she spends too much time with my mum...

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OohDammit · 13/09/2017 17:08

Midlands mom is a definite mom. American mom is a longer moooom.

Don't know why but hearing a dragged out American "mom" from someone without an American accent drives me nuts.

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SuzukiLi · 13/09/2017 17:09

Don't know why but hearing a dragged out American "mom" from someone without an American accent drives me nuts

Yes!! Especially when it's being shouted at you 12000 times a day!

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Nettletheelf · 13/09/2017 17:11

The rot started with you and your 'gottens', OP!

I think you should throw in the towel and go for the full faucet/garbage/gas. And call macaroni cheese 'Mac & cheese' forthwith.

AllToadsLeadToHome · 13/09/2017 17:12

British people use it because it has crept in to English due to American TV.

Bollocks is it, mom has been the preferred term in much of the West Midlands long before TV - my Nan used to call her mom 'mom'!

But not everywhere in the country, where I was brought up and have lived since it has only been heard since the increase in American TV and films. Where does 'Mam' get used as a matter of interest?

cowgirlsareforever · 13/09/2017 17:13

I hate 'gotten' and 'mac and cheese.'

babymouse · 13/09/2017 17:15

Ummm... Gotten has origins in middle English, it's originally British English - Americans have kept it alone for y'all! 😂

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