to really really hate that stupid word MUMMA

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Jeez.....what are we - babies?

Yanbu. Worse than that is Mumma bear.

All my children call me mama and to me it’s the nicest word in the world, a bit ‘twee’ by MN standards but I don’t care.

My Ds2 is profoundly deaf. He calls me Mumma as that is how he pronounces it!! ♥

My DD (3) calls me mumma, Mum, mummy or mama depending on her mood doesn't bother me tbh... have a dfriend who refers to her husband as hubster. 

This is what I think I mama sounds like:

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Call me crazy but it rhymes with car. I'm not a phonetics expert obviously,

I get mum, mummy, muuuuuuuuum! if it's shouted but the youngest has always called me mama. Which I utterly love.

But all the little legs stuff makes me heave. My two have slightly cheeky nicknames but nothing twee like that. Closest I get is calling the youngest 'short stuff'

I'd pronounce Mama and Mumma the same - Mum-ah, with the first syllable said quicker than the second. I have a fairly standard SE English accent.

My (teen) children call me Mummy or Mama. I'm happy with that. The word that I don't like the sound of in our local accent is Mum, usually yelled across the room as Muuuuuuuuuuuum, or whined out in a similar drawn out way. Just seems such a disrespectful way to address someone.

Ma or Mom don't seem to be used much round here. I quite like Ma, actually, it sounds quite comforting and cosy, but doesn't seem to be part of the local vocabulary.

I still call my mother Mummy, and I'm in my 40s.

There are two ways of pronouncing Mama: the posh old fashioned English way (MuMAH, stress on the second syllable, like the downton clip). Or the European/US way, which is increasingly popular over here (MA-ma, stress on the first syllable).

Most babies will go through a phase of saying the second one regardless of what you call yourself. In some kids, the word will sound more like MU-ma or MOM-ma. Or MUM-mum, if you are DS. Nobody has any complaints about whatever your toddler calls you.

It’s the Instagram thing of calling yourself and/or other adults Mama bear/Mumma/Momma which is vomit-inducing. “Hey all you Mummas out there! Here’s some baby-related tat that I’m being paid to advertise!”

It can do Kaytee you can pronounce Mama as Ma Mar or Ma Ma same as Papa Pa Par or Papa

Not keen on Mumma, less keen on Mama and really loathe the American "Mommy" thing.

But my absolute least favourite - and it makes me a traitor to my country to say it - is the appallingly twee Welsh "Mami" (and "Dadi").

I don't even know why because I'm fine with Mammy and Daddy, which sounds virtually the same. The spelling just makes me cringe.

Mamma and bubba. Makes me shudder.

Aw my dc used to call me mumma. Never liked it before that but now it’s a fond memory of their babyhood. Nowadays it’s mummy...I’m fighting against Mum but it’s a losing battle I fear.

My friend calls her child ‘the small person’ as in ‘the small person wanted a biscuit’, or refers to ‘the smalls’ (like must collect the smalls from school) which makes me disproportionately angry. She also says things like ‘not now zachy-bean’, ‘we cloth bummed them’ (meaning used reusable nappies??!) and talks a lot about developmental Leaps. It’s hideous, saccharine fakery, and she’s a total victim of the social media generation where everything you say has to sound like a witty soundbite or no one will even realise you’re speaking. Makes me so angry!

Both of mine called me Mumma, the youngest still does occasionally. I’ve never suggested they do, they both started calling me Mumma indecently.

Could it be regional? I was raised saying mama (not the same thing) because my family spoke Russian at home and mummy/mum was what English descended/so mixed they didn't have a culture/language people said. My kids say mummy. I didn't like it at first tbh, I would have preferred mama/mamma but it would be a bit weird having my children calling me that given that we speak neither Russian nor French at home. So long as they don't start calling me mum it's not so bad I suppose.

It’s what my youngest calls me (and eldest occasionally too) and I have no problem with that at all, I love how it sounds from them.
But I don’t do Instagram or any twee memes or anything, so does that mean I get a free pass?

Ds1 has a mama (ma mar) the rest call their gps Nana. I’m mum or mummy, unless ds4 is acting like a baby then he says mumma

My DD has always said Mumma but would write it Mumu in cards as it's the same pronunciation twice so it made perfect sense. I am Mumu (not moomoo) still and I love it. Also mummy at times and DH is daddy.

DD is a teenager.

If talking to friends she'll say "I'll ask my mum" etc but to me - in front of her friends - she'll say "Mummy/Mumu can we have a snack".

I love it 😍

Aren't "smalls" what people called underwear when underwear / knickers/ bras were rude words which required a euphemism?

If it's pronounced mummer, then don't read "The Loney" by Micheal Hurley!

I think the Bill Bailey character in Black Books called his parents (or was it grandparents?) Mooma and Moopa. Always loved that and declared that I would be known as that if a grandchild appeared. My DS had a friend at school called Tim - when his parents were displeased they used the long version of his name so he called them Mummathy and Daddathy. Apologies if Tim's parents are on here - totally outed - waves and I am definitely not, oh no not me, referred to by one of the Bill Bailey versions

If we are critiquing awful words for “Mother”, can I just add the Little House on the Prairy “Marmee”.

I assumed it was her name, like a misspelt Marnie. But no. Imagine the whiniest most nasal American child voice shouting “Mommy”. It is that, phonetically. “Maaaar-meeee”. Urgh. At least British kids shouting “Muuuuuu-meeeee!” isn’t as annoying as that (and I know some parts of the British Isles say Mommy, but presumably not in a whiny US accent so I am not talking about them).

I should say, I live in Canada and when I pick DS up from nursery his keyworker often says “Hey DS, Mommy’s here!” - not annoying. Sometimes I hear other children saying “Mommy, look at this!” - also not annoying.

It is only the long, whiny nasal “Maaaa meeeee! Maaaaa meeeee!” yelling that is like fingernails down a blackboard.

I am Mama. Our family is of German heritage (although i am british). Dd is 5. I personally hate "mummy" and think it sounds juvenile and babyish. But I'd never criticise others for their choice.

My youngest (17) calls me Mumma. No idea where he got it, I’ve never used it myself. I think he sees it as a pet name as we all call each other by nicknames?