Why do so many people in England use mom/mommy when we're not in the US?!

[Foreverblowingbubbles18]

Just gets my goat that this seems to be happening more and more. Its MUM or MUMMY!!!

Or Mam or mammy.

It's a geolect.

Do better.

It's Mom in the Black Country. Always has been, my friend tells me.

There are some areas of the UK where mom or mommy is the local word, and it's been like that for decades. It's not a recent import.

In the Midlands it's always been Mom. It's a regional thing, not necessarily American

Can’t say I’ve ever really noticed. Or cared.

In many English regions, yes, it's Mum but not all.

Pretty much any older Americanism comes from an English dialect. Mom is one of them. There are also places in the US that use Mum or Mam.

Yep, I was born in Birmingham and have always said Mom, as did most people locally. Nothing to do with the US.

I use 'mom'. I'm British. I've found that a lot of people I know use 'mom', maybe it's a regional thing. My accent makes the word sound more like mom than mum and I've never used mam as it makes me think of ma'am.

Don't be so ignorant!

You realise that lots of American words and phrases originated from the English language so we used them first 🤷‍♀️🤣

It's regional, my mother was mom and my father pop they were both from South Warwickshire.

It’s not an Americanism. Some regions of the U.K. have always used mom and mommy. Time for some knicker untwisting, OP.

I must make sure I tell my Brummie relatives that they're pissing you off, OP! Mom is standard in the Midlands.

Why would you make a thread about this without doing even the most cursory bit of research? Now you just look like an ignorant twit too lazy to even Google to avoid making a fool of yourself.

Unclench dear.

Historical regional dialect plus modern youtube globalisation. If mom surprises you, wait for further progress in the Mandarin/Hindi/Spanish/English exchange of words over time through social media.

I have always used Mom. I live in Birmingham.

@draughtycatflap

Not this again. Take your goat and piss off.

Mom here in Ireland too or mam. I'm pretty sure I've heard many Northern English people use mam too

I say mom but write mum - in the midlands. Pretty sure it was here before it was in America

Christ, not this again. It's a regional term. Stop being so dense,

Yes, it’s a Brummie/Black Country thing.

This complaint comes up quite regularly on MN. It's amazing how ignorant people are about regional differences in the UK

@draughtycatflap

Not this again. Take your goat and piss off.