To hate the word “mom

[RazzleDazz1e]

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!!

We have had this thread repeatedly you dont need an encyclopedic memory.

And t was literally last week

Alao fairly common in ireland too

can we not have an automated trigger when you type in a title when you're setting out a new post that flashes up saying "the mom debate was last held on the Wednesday before last - are you sure you wish to proceed?"

Mom is common in the west of Ireland too. Just to rain on your parade a bit further.

Trinity66 "Mum is worse, sounds really posh."

How the hell does mum sound posh?

How the hell does mum sound posh?

Well, whenever I say the word I automatically say it in a posh English accent, i don't why maybe because I hardly ever hear anyone bar English people say Mum I don't know

too much BBC television in my formative years.

Same for me. When my brother and I (we are American) were young teenagers, we saw a movie in which British children are calling their mother "Mumsie." We thought this was hysterically funny so, of course, we started calling our mother that. Luckily, she had a good sense of humor.

So mum has a shorter vowel and mom has a longer one?

My posh barometer has 'mother' and 'mummy' above 'mum'. With 'mom' is equal to 'mum'.

My posh barometer has 'mother' and 'mummy' above 'mum'. With 'mom' is equal to 'mum

I'd have Mummy and Mum above Mother just because I hear people here saying it but not in the same way as say you might imagine Prince Charles say it

Ha ha LOL. The irony of the OP whining about 'MOM' being an Americanism, and then saying 'fricking' Ba ha ha ha ha!

Care to give a response to that @RazzleDazz1e ??

Loads of people have mentioned it, but all we have is radio silence from you.........

Hmmmm interesting @Trinity66. Perhaps there should be a referendum.

Is that you MotherofaSurvivor....you'd wonder wouldn't you....

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3191029-am-i-the-only-one-who-s-utterly-gobsmacked-at-mom-cards

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3186007-To-ask-what-youre-doing-for-your-mom-for-mothers-day?msgid=76145479

Cancel the penis beaker.

I don't like mum. It's mam. Sounds much more friendlier and loving. Mum is harsh. We are all different

Hmmmm interesting @Trinity66. Perhaps there should be a referendum.

I think that's the only viable solution tbh

Yes, YABU!

Blimey, I'm from the West Midlands and never knew anyone who used it.

Mom makes more sense as a contraction of mother than mum (same vowel sound at least) I suppose.

We just need a region to take on mim and mem and we can have a full set

(Raised in the midlands but moved south. I am "mommy" verbally and "mummy" in writing for my daughter)

Well I bloody hate this new trend on social media by women calling themselves ‘Mama’. I have never in my life heard someone use this term (English speaking in the UK as I know other languages genuinely use it) or referring themselves as mama in real life yet “this mama is so in love with her baby” or “this is one happy and proud mama “ are phrased trotted out on instagram all the fucking time.
And yes I know I’m being bloody unreasonable and shouldn’t care but it definitely bugs me more than the wannabe-American ‘mom’.

I am Mom. Or Mommy. All in Ireland.

bugs me more than the wannabe-American ‘mom’

IT IS NOT AMERICAN

'Mama'. I have never in my life heard someone use this term (English speaking in the UK as I know other languages genuinely use it)

It's very common among English speaking people in the American South.

Mom makes more sense as a contraction of mother than mum (same vowel sound at least) I suppose

It's not the same vowel sound (for me at least) mother is generally pronounced "muther", not to rhyme with "bother", so "mum" has the same vowel sound even though it's a different letter.
Not that it matters, people can say mum, mom, mummy, mommy whatever they like.
My 8 year old DD calls me Mama. I don't know why... but I love it.

Mama'. I have never in my life heard someone use this term

Princes Charles calls his mother "Mama" .

"Mom makes more sense as a contraction of mother than mum (same vowel sound at least) I suppose."

Not in my accent. Mother and mum have the same vowel sound in my accent (S.E. England)