Who put the Mom in Mumsnet?

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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?

I have no problem with americans or the USA, in fact I love the USA. But yes, I hate americanisms creeping into our language, I have no problem with them in the USA or Americans using them.
It is just sad when you see things such as Father Christmas being replaced with Santa Claus, which is very definitely american. Halloween is not import but trick or treat is. My DH, who just turned 60 remembers many Halloween parties when he was a child, including parties held at school.

@Mintychoc1

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!

Are you actually stamping your feet as you type?

Always been Santa here in Scotland...

I hate americanisms creeping into our language, I have no problem with them in the USA or Americans using them

Utter crap

My grandmother is a Mom and she’s 103, her mother and grandmother was Mom, so am I and my mother, my sisters aunts and cousins.

We are not American. We’re are Brummies.

Get your facts right.

I think Irish people say Santa as well. I agree about Santa being the born in Scotland, im 50 + and always said Santa, the only people who said Father Chtristmas had an English patent who was refusing to surrender to the Santa dominance (and we thus thought they were stuck up)

@Brahumbug

I have no problem with americans or the USA, in fact I love the USA. But yes, I hate americanisms creeping into our language, I have no problem with them in the USA or Americans using them. It is just sad when you see things such as Father Christmas being replaced with Santa Claus, which is very definitely american. Halloween is not import but trick or treat is. My DH, who just turned 60 remembers many Halloween parties when he was a child, including parties held at school.

Is it already time for the threads of people whinging about Santa being an Americanism when it's always been used in parts of the UK? A bit early.

And Trick or treat is also regional, always happened in Scotland, called a different name but same format (actually slight nicer in that tricks not involved).

It's usually "Santy" in Ireland.

It annoys me a bit when English people think a lot of Halloween traditions are American. They're not; they're Celtic.

@Brahumbug

I have no problem with americans or the USA, in fact I love the USA. But yes, I hate americanisms creeping into our language, I have no problem with them in the USA or Americans using them. It is just sad when you see things such as Father Christmas being replaced with Santa Claus, which is very definitely american. Halloween is not import but trick or treat is. My DH, who just turned 60 remembers many Halloween parties when he was a child, including parties held at school.

And there it is. The Santa bollocks I predicted upthread.

And Halloween.

Confirm Santa in these parts ( South of Ireland). NOBODY says Father Christmas here.

*open to contradictions

"It annoys me a bit when English people think a lot of Halloween traditions are American. They're not; they're Celtic."

This. It's always the same old tired posts about how no one in the UK did/said xyz until blah blah blah. Ignorance.

Yes, very predictable and tiresome. It's ironic when English people complain about Americans when they can often be insular and unaware of different customs too.

@Elledouble .. I live in Birmingham and I never see Mom birthday or Mother's Day cards .. my daughter made one on Moonpig or something!! ...

There may have been other threads, but I've not seen them, and my post isn't at all goady, just confused. All is now clear

At least I'm not alone in learning something new

I’m in my 40s and I never knew it was “mom” in the Midlands! Hello to all you moms out there

BluebellsGreenbells
What utter crap? Do you often talk out of your arse? Did I say anything about mom not being UK usage? I am well aware that mom issued in the UK. Learn to read a post before commenting.

@Elledouble card factory 👍 I always get a mom card from there (I’m in the Black Country though)
And for the pp asking mom rhymed with Tom and from m, I think in America it’s more ma’am to rhyme with farm??

Madre... seems to be popular among the chattering classes too....

I think in America it’s more ma’am to rhyme with farm??

No. In the US ma'am rhymes with Sam or pram.

@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?

Well there are various things I don’t like about America, but my reason for not wanting Americanisms in the UK is because we are, in fact, the UK, and not America.

"Well there are various things I don’t like about America, but my reason for not wanting Americanisms in the UK is because we are, in fact, the UK, and not America."

Stop saying the UK when you just mean England.