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To hate the word “mom

107 replies

RazzleDazz1e · 21/03/2018 21:21

I actively cringe when I read this word.... although not if I hear it - must be used by an American/American sounding person otherwise it just sounds fricking weird!!

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kimanda · 22/03/2018 00:10

YABU. Everyone in the midlands uses MOM.

It's actually insulting that everyone else assumes all Midlanders are 'copying' Americans. Hmm

Always called my mother 'mom,' and think MUM sounds shite. Wink

kimanda · 22/03/2018 00:10

Irish say 'Mammy.'

CertainlyChoco · 22/03/2018 00:11

Well I do not like 'Mum' so there you go.

kimanda · 22/03/2018 00:13

Should I say .... Everyone I know in the midlands uses MOM.

Skiiltan · 22/03/2018 00:13

I grew up in the west midlands and heard it all the time, but it still makes me cringe. It reminds me of people saying "keckle"* and "sumbarine".

*I don't know why my tablet so desperately wants to change "keckle" to "Mecklenburg".

GreenTulips · 22/03/2018 00:15

Would you say this about any other name?

Non of your business - move along

SenecaFalls · 22/03/2018 00:15

And Americans didn't pull "mom" out of thin air, you know. We had to have gotten it from somewhere in the British Isles.

KizzyBear · 22/03/2018 00:19

I'm in Coventry ands definitely mum here, the only people I know to use mom is everyone else a little north of us Birmingham/ Lichfield.

kimanda · 22/03/2018 00:20

People are very damning and rude about English regional dialects. Bet people wouldn't slag off/take the piss out of any other culture or nationality's way of speaking.

Fucks me right off. Hmm

OkPedro · 22/03/2018 00:29

Isn't "fricking" an Americanism 🤔

GreenTulips · 22/03/2018 00:30

It's actually insulting that everyone else assumes all Midlanders are 'copying' Americans

I agree Mom goes back at least 160 years in our family - due to living memory - probably much longer. We aren't Americans and it's nothing to do with them anyway!

SenecaFalls · 22/03/2018 00:34

I actually did a bit of research on this at one time but did not save any of it. If memory serves, mom, mum, and mam are arguably just different renderings of what is essentially the same word. The different spellings are based on different regional pronunciations.

TheJoyOfSox · 22/03/2018 00:39

Bab, can oy point out mom is a bostin Black Country word! Hate it all yow want, yow won’t make it go away!

Hippee · 22/03/2018 00:42

Can you get "Mom" cards for Mother's Day in the West Midlands? DH calls his DM "Mom" and I always feel bad that we can't get a card with it on here in Yorkshire.

Thespidersankles · 22/03/2018 00:44

Are you American, OP? Your use of 'fricken' stands out so you surely are.

I'm Irish and 40 years old- I have always called my mother 'Mom'. This was long before the days of the internet and when we only had 2 tv channels. I'm a mom myself now.

1forAll74 · 22/03/2018 00:52

In Cheshire were I was born, it was always Mum, Irish friends say Mammy, Geordies say Mam, and when I lived in the USA it was always Mom. its great wherever you live !! But Prince Charles always seems to call his Mum, the Queen, his Mummy !

brieandcrackers · 22/03/2018 01:04

All my family members (West Mids) say "mom" but for some reason only the males write it that way, the females write "mum" - not sure why this happens or whether this is the case with other families!!

AddictiveCereal · 22/03/2018 01:05

*Today 00:10 kimanda

Irish say mammy*

Some Irish do - but I, and eveyone that lives near me use 'mum'. DH and everyone from his town use 'mom'.

OkPedro · 22/03/2018 01:26

Where are you from addictive

there are at least 50 billion accents in Ireland 😂

Mum would be unusual where I live
It's either Ma or Moum Confused
A mix of mom and Mam!

StripySocksAndDocs · 22/03/2018 07:08

As for the Irish thing I'm a mammy, mam and a ma!!

Inkspellme · 22/03/2018 07:23

I’m Irish and use Mom for my mother and am called Mom. My husband is also Irish- grew up on the same road and always refers to his mom as mam.

my British friends all say Mummy. Even the adults use it for their parent. For me, it always seems like a childish word for an adult to use. However , that’s because it’s not the norm for me so whilst I think that it would never irritate me. I respect the fact that their culture is their own and I really don’t get to have an opinion on stuff like that.

As for the mammy bit - yes I know of some Irish to use it but very much the minority in my experience.

Ski4130 · 22/03/2018 07:26

There can't be that much going on in your world if this is what gets you het up!

Treaclepie19 · 22/03/2018 07:28

I hate the word moist, does that mean nobody should say it?
West Midlands here too, I definitely say mom.
I never say "fricking" though :p

ineedamoreadultieradult · 22/03/2018 07:29

There was a very long thread about this not long ago. Mom, Mam and Mum are all acceptable regional variations of the same word. Mom is not an Americanism. Give it up OP you can hate the word all you want but you are wrong about its origins.

strawberry1122 · 22/03/2018 07:34

Agree. Just pronouncing it as Mom when you say it just sounds stupid. Pure laziness of the English language.

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