Mum/Mom

[PrincessConsuelaBananahamm0ck]

I often see posts on here where people use 'Mom' instead of 'Mum'. I always thought Mom was just an American thing and I know some Americans use these boards. However I see it often enough to wonder if there's parts of the UK that use Mom not Mum and it's not just the odd American on here? I know that 'Mam' is a thing in other parts of the UK, but I had no idea 'Mom' was. Can someone please enlighten me?

Midlands say Mom

This has been done to death!!!!! Mom is used in Birmingham and some other parts of the West Midlands.

I'm in the West Midlands and lots here use Mom. It surprised me when I moved here as didn't realise it was a British thing at all

A lot of the Midlands and Republic of Ireland say / write Mom for mum and have done for a long time, no American influence (it's probably the other way round).

This is so overdone... not sure why it matters what people call their parents?
But yes, I'm in the Midlands and say Mom.

South Africans also say Mom

I didn't say it mattered! I was simply curious.

Thank you.

And for the record I was unaware that this question has been 'done to death'.

Jeez!

I'm in the Midlands too, we all say mom

I'm from Ireland (Republic) and say Mom

Parts of Ireland say Mom.

I had friends in Sheffield who used mom, didn't realise it was a British thing at all until then!

West Midlands here and we say Mom.
Everyone on mumsnet comments on it when I use it🙄 but Mum sounds and looks just as alien to me as Mom does to others.

ah my favourite version of this old faithful was about someone "utterly gobsmacked about mom cards". It was in chat so lost to the ether now but the OP I seem to recall was a pompous arse (not you OP!)

Never understood why the Americanism thing bothers people anyway. Language evolves with time. If it didn't we'd all still either be grunting like cavemen or talking like Shakespeare.

I didn't know it had been done to death so if you don't want to see it don't open threads like this.
I didn't know Mom was a British thing.

Even if it has been 'done to death' the OP may not know this. There are plenty of threads I see where people say it's always asked, but I haven't seen it before!

Parts of my family say Mam and others (myself) day Mum. I always thought Mom was American too, I didn't know it was used in the UK. You learn something new everyday

Just wait till later in the year when the "Hallowe'en = Disgraceful American Shite" starts, as well the the threads at Christmas about how saying "Santa" rather than "Father Christmas" is a sign of witchcraft.

about how saying "Santa" rather than "Father Christmas" is a sign of witchcraft.

Santy over here [santa]

I grew up in in the Scotland highlands, we said Mam

I’m from the midlands, I thought every one said mom until I started using mn and realised people find it so alien!

Brummie here!! We always say Mom .. it's lovely to find a card with it on !!!

We say Mam or Mammy depending on age and area, My mam used to call her mam "Mammy"
When I was a teen I tried to get away with Ma.

Thank you for all the replies.

Again, just to reiterate, it doesn't bother me in the sightest. Neither does Halloween or Santa. I was genuinely curious as I had no idea it was used in the UK. Hence why I asked the question. Things like regional words and dialect interest me.

So I've learned two things today. Firstly, Mom is a term used in certain parts of the UK. Secondly, never ask a question on mumsnet that someone, somewhere might have asked before as someone is bound to get weirdly pissy about it.

I love AIBU, it never fails to amuse me!

I’ve lived my entire life in Birmingham and don’t know anyone who says “mom”!

Also from Midlands I say Mam as it is a gypsy/traveller way of saying