Who put the Mom in Mumsnet?

[tornadoalley]

I have see mum/mother written as Mom, a fair bit on Mumsnet recently.

Do we have a lot of American Moms on here?

Has Mumsnet gone transatlantic?

Have we lost our 'Mum' to 'Mom' in the UK?

@JamieLeeCurtains

We need a new acronym, perhaps.

NTA = not this again.

Agreed, that's one acronym that'd be useful.

It's been less than a week since we last had this.

@tornadoalley

I have see mum/mother written as Mom, a fair bit on Mumsnet recently.

Do we have a lot of American Moms on here?

Has Mumsnet gone transatlantic?

Have we lost our 'Mum' to 'Mom' in the UK?

Yes, the Mums have been consumed by all the people from the Midlands of England. We're taking over the world of Mums with òur own language. Hahaha the uprising of the Black Country

@littlemsattitude

How tedious. Yes, the site is overrun with those pesky Brummies

Yo, I'm not a Brummie, I'm a yam yam lol

My friends are from the Midlands and spell it mom

Instead of an increasing alphabetic soup of new Mums(Moms)Net made up acronyms - how about using standard English and not include unnecessary confusing coding or short hand abbreviations? As otherwise one would need a MumsNet dictionary to translate the MumsNet language.

Just a thought not a request nor compliant as I am able to work out some of the coding but not easy to remember all as not standard English while WFH ATM etc.

I don't get this. If she is Irish then there's no connection with it being used in the UK

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@ResIpsaLoquiturInterAlia

Instead of an increasing alphabetic soup of new Mums(Moms)Net made up acronyms - how about using standard English and not include unnecessary confusing coding or short hand abbreviations? As otherwise one would need a MumsNet dictionary to translate the MumsNet language.

Just a thought not a request nor compliant as I am able to work out some of the coding but not easy to remember all as not standard English while WFH ATM etc.

Yeah but knowing the acronyms is the only thing I've got to show for pissing about on Mymsnet for nine years.

I’m from the Black Country and didn’t know people said mum instead of mom till I was at least in secondary school 😂
All our Mother’s Day cards in the shops round here say mom on them 🤷‍♀️

I can live with "Mom" if people promise me it's regional and not American.
It's "gotten" I can't stand. Blatant Americanism. And anyone who says "oh no, it's old English - ill gotten gains and all that" - that's rubbish. No one in the UK said "gotten" 20 years ago. I can't stand it!

A) Gotten is normal in NI and Scotland at the very least, and always has been.

B) Wtf is so bad about America?

Just to add that in some Irish accents the pronunciation of Mam sounds more like Mom. In my part of Ireland, although lots of people use Mam (and a few use Mom), it tends to be verbal and Mum is what's written.

Maybe there should be a st

I know people from the W.Midlands who say Mom but they all spell it as Mum.

Maybe there should be a sticky with frequently asked questions, like about mom or why non-parents or dads are here.

Every day's a school day. I never knew mom was a regional thing here in the UK. I'm from the States, a Blatant American. I thought we patented the term Mom.

Don't forget all the foreigners who really don't care/know about the spelling

By foreigners I mean not native English speakers (been living abroad for too long obviously.......)

My MIL is originally from the West Midlands - can you get "mom" cards for Mothers Day there, as I would love to get her one?

@Hippee

My MIL is originally from the West Midlands - can you get "mom" cards for Mothers Day there, as I would love to get her one?

Mum s still prolific but yes, some places so them. Pm me at mother's Day time 😂

@BusySittingDown

What they said.

And yes, I think there are quite a few Americans on MN.

There are indeed.

In my experience, there are more Brit ex-pats currently living in the US than native born Americans like myself on MN, but there are a fair few of us too.

@MindyStClaire

I can live with "Mom" if people promise me it's regional and not American. It's "gotten" I can't stand. Blatant Americanism. And anyone who says "oh no, it's old English - ill gotten gains and all that" - that's rubbish. No one in the UK said "gotten" 20 years ago. I can't stand it!

A) Gotten is normal in NI and Scotland at the very least, and always has been.

B) Wtf is so bad about America?

I'm shocked you didn't know. Americans are almost universally considered thick, rude uneducated louts on MN. We're held in even lower esteem than landlords.

Another week another mom / mum thread.

We had this exact fucking thread YESTERDAY.

"I can live with "Mom" if people promise me it's regional and not American.
It's "gotten" I can't stand. Blatant Americanism. And anyone who says "oh no, it's old English - ill gotten gains and all that" - that's rubbish. No one in the UK said "gotten" 20 years ago. I can't stand it!"

Is Scotland not in the UK now? News to me.

Do people in the Midlands really find it easy to find ‘Mom’ cards?! I always have to get one that says ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ cos I refuse to buy one that says ‘Mum’, and I’m in Birmingham!

Ha ha ... another pesky Brummie here .. I'm definitely a Mom !! ... my daughter goes mad that she can never find MOM Birthday cards .... they are all Mum !