Mums/Moms on MN!

[TheFuckingDogs]

I’m curious as to the amount of “moms” as opposed to mums or mams I see on MN posts. I’m vaguely aware there’s somewhere in the U.K. where people say mom and obviously a certain amount of American posters but seems to be tonnes of posts which have mom instead of mum/mam! Don’t want this to be some raging debate over what is correct just genuinely curious - make this a fun thread guys!

They say Mom in Birmingham and the surrounding areas too.

They say mom in Birmingham apparently so that’s a fairly big population

It's mom in the Midlands too.

I find mam tends to be parts of South Wales and the North East, and mum everywhere else, but with different pronunciations of it. For example my Lancashire bred cousin says mum very differently to how I (Londoner since I was 11) do.

It's mam where I'm from so mom sounds strange in my accent. But my friends from Birmingham say mom and it sounds good!

Ah! Didn’t realise it was Birmingham, yep that’s a big area

No just Birmingham. My DH is most vehemently NOT a Brummie (he's about 20 miles outside of Birmingham) and he says mom as does everyone else there.

My north east dad says mom. I'm also north east but my southern mother preferred mum. Most of my friends said mam. So 3 different ways in the same small village.

it's mum or mam where I come from. NW.

DH says/writes 'mom' to his mum - he's Filipino so there's a big American influence there.

North East England it's Mam unless you're posh then it's Mum

Yes was thinking people who learn English primarily through American teachings will probably also use mom

Dd always calls me mom, it’s because she’s always watching bloody Youtubers!

We're in Scotland - Mum here.

No Maws funnily enough 😁

Staffordshire it seems to be mom too.

I'm also not a Brummie (black country). I say mom but type mum

In south yorkshire it's mum or mam depending on where you're from. I think it's a little bit about whether you speak 'correctly' (posh) or not. I always had it drummed into me that it was mum and not mom or mam makes me think my parents needed better hobbies

I'm now in a different part of the country but will be bringing my LO up to say mum or mummy... which might make him the odd one out at school

I’m in derbyshire and say Mum but have friends in Staffordshire who say Mom . Seems to be really variable

I live in the US, so people call me a Mom, but I refer to myself as a Mum. So not sure what side of the fence I end up on 😀

I must admit I have a few (English born) friends who type write Mom but say Mum - is it actually distinguishable to others?

MIL is Irish and she is a Mom

No just Birmingham. My DH is most vehemently NOT a Brummie (he's about 20 miles outside of Birmingham)

Basically a brummie

I'm from Staffordshire and I have a Mom

Isn't 'mom' how you say 'mum' with a brummie accent, rather than actually 'mom'? So they'd say mom, but write mum?

It's more like "mi ma" in many parts of Newcastle, although my mam bollocked me when I said that once.

I mean, I say "Mum"
/Mummy, but I would say "Mom/Mommy" looks more 'correct' because it has the "Mo" from "Mother".