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

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

Why would it matter to anyone else if someone did want to use "Mom" instead of "Mum", even if it wasn't in their regional dialect to do so? Would you be annoyed if a dreaded American encouraged her child to call her "Mum"?

It just seems like a strange thing to be all het up about...

Ok then- fair enough. I meant to refer to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Ireland.

I included Ireland as I know mammy is in used there, and was wondering what that posters views were about it.

I don't think they've replied have they?

Timeforanotherusername who are you referring to in "they write it as mum"? I am from Birmingham and we certainly write mom, and say mom. It's not an accent thing, I'm perfectly capable of saying mum.

Well I say Mom and write Mum.

Let's just say that while it may be a Midlands thing, it's a certain strata of the Midlands!

NiceGerbil
Mammy is used a lot in Ireland. Often shortened to Mam. Ma is used too but I hate that !
Posh Irish or wannabe posh Irish say Mummy.

I meant to add the Irish word for Mammy/Mummy is Mamaí.
Mother is máthair.
Granny is Mamó.

Thanks lady Eloise.

I think that poster continuing to assert that using mammy in racist in UK and presumably Ireland as well is really weird.

How do you pronounce those @LadyEloise (just curious, nothing to do wit the post).
In welsh mother is Mam
Grandmother is Mamgu (Mam gee, g is like in goose) or Nain depending on where you’re from.

Mamaí = mommy/mammy
Máthair = maw-her
Mamó = mom-oh/mam-oh

I'd say Mamaí as mommy myself but have heard others say mammy.

In the Midlands it's always been Mom.

West Midlands maybe. You can probably work out where I'm from from my username and I only ever heard Mum up there.

Thank you SionnachRua.
Saved me doing the job.

My grandparents were Irish and their kids called them Mom growing up, I therefore now call my mother Mom.

I've never really paid attention to what others call their mother, except when I was 10 and heard my friends mother call her mum 'mummy' which at the time I found odd but wouldn't care now.

Mom is completely normal in the Black Country