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!!!

Yeh midlander here and it’s mom here nothing to do with America

My friend (from Birmingham) is “mom” to her children.

Good luck try to get the irish to stop with their wee Mammys. I have one and am one. My wee Mammy is used often locally.

I've never in my life seen mom/mommy in the UK.

Aw shut up OP.

I don't know anyone who does this.
Lots of mammas though.

@Kazziek

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

This.

Not in some parts of the UK it’s not- it’s Mom in Wolverhampton going back centuries.

I don't even live in England OP!! It's not just a bloody site for English people!!

Apparently it's for English people from the south type areas,

And we need to adhere to USA language? Obviously.

I'm in the Midlands, I know more people who use mom than mum

I'm a brummie. Mom is the norm here. I can't say mum it doesn't feel right to me

Brummie here (hey fellow Brummies!)

We say Mom. So tough.

@Debinaround

Mammy is not racist ffs. I'm in the NE and we say mam and mammy. "Where's your mammy and daddy?" "Show mammy where you fell over" etc.

We say Santa too. Mind blown

Just like in this song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Boat_Comes_In_(song)

And tbh, as long as people aren’t referring to their mothers as ‘cunt’ I couldn’t care less what other people say.

I'm afraid people who find Mam or mammy racist are simply mistaken. They're looking at it in the wrong context. If we thought about it we could think of plenty of words that have different meanings and connotations depending on their context.

West Midlands is Mom. East Midlands is Mum.

I have studied in America and I have two languages on my phone - English and American English (for when I text my friends in America).

Sometimes when I post here, the autocorrect for having 'two languages' just messes up spelling of the words (eg rumour vs. rumor).

I definitely don't say the word MOM, and I haven't meant to use MOM, my phone likes to use the word mom sometimes. It's not intentional.

My mom's American, am I allowed to call her that??

My kids call me Mom because their dad is from the West Midlands and he is the one who they hear saying it most often (as in 'ask your mom'. However we live in the North East and so I call my mother Mam. She refers to me as Mam when talking to the kids - ask your mam - so there is a note of that in there too.

So, in summary, I am Moam.

DH is Irish and he refers to me as Mammy in front of DS. DS still says mommy though.

@Littleposh

My mom's American, am I allowed to call her that??

TBH, I’m not sure you’re even allowed on MN if you have American blood

Its MUM or MUMMY!!!

Um, north-easterner here. No, it's not. I said Mammy, then Mam. My Irish friend still says Mammy. You might need to get out more, OP.

I go by “Steve” but to each their own.

@PhilSwagielka ahhhhh I have an ear worm now!