Is Mumsnet an English forum?

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Seems like pretty much every poster and responder assumes everyone on here is from England.

When asking questions regarding schools, health care, tenancy etc surely it would be useful to say what country you live in since the rules and laws are different all over the UK/world.

I assume that most people posting are English, unless they specify another location. I am in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I'm always surprised by the number of people who type mom instead of mum. Makes me wonder where they are from.

Birmingham and the midlands I believe

I wondered about America and Canada

I can't speak for Canada, but mom is common usage in the U.S.

Well unless they're talking about legal issues or stuff to do with the healthcare or education systems, which can be different in Scotland (and Northern Ireland, and the Channel Islands, and maybe the Isle of Man), it won't be relevant. And if it is about those things, people from those places will know they need to say.

That's what they say in parts of the Midlands I think.

How do you know that posters are assuming the person is English though? It doesn't usually make a difference unless it is a legal discussion in which case Scotland might be different but people who aren't Scottish wouldn't necessarily know that.

Where did I say it was awful? You’re pretending I’m devastated when I’m just agreeing with the OP that it’s annoying.

it’s quite clear from my point that the annoying bit is not whether or not they know; but the assumption that instead of being from somewhere where it is different, I must just be wrong. If someone told me the cut off for the school year was January I would say “where are you?” and not “it’s not January, it’s June”.

Oh, god, it's Everybody Takes Themselves Seriously Day. I'd have marked on my calendar if I'd known.

Was that directed at me?? You’re being pretty unpleasant, I was just contributing. Don’t know why you had to mock me by pretending I was distressed with the implication I’m being melodramatic and should get over it.

@GarlicPile ' curdle my groats' may be my new favourite phrase.

I’m Australian

Is this going to be a confession thread? My name is quantum and I live in the UK

(which to be honest isn't very united and I have my doubts about the kingdom thing too.)

It's based in England and most of the posters are presumably, UK based.

Of course not all.

Haven't rtft so sorry if I'm repeating others, but around 84% of the UK population live in England and this is a UK site, so not an unreasonable assumption where a poster doesn't say which education system or whatever they mean?

They also say mom in some parts of Ireland

And the Midlands.

Most posters are from England. Most people in the UK are from England.Anyone can post however, even men!

Well it's a London based company so it an English website if you're going to get all funny about it. So it's not surprising it's got an English bias.

If it was based is Edinburgh you'd be evangelising about the fact that it's Scottish not British.

Stop being so petty.

I assume British but not English no.

It is British, with a predominance of English posters because England has the largest population out of the 4 home nations.

I am Scottish. It does wind me up when you go on a thread where people are expressing disbelief that children are out of school on holiday first week of July when ours break up last week in June, or recommending someone go to Ofsted about their childminder in Glasgow, or mentioning a whole host of other things which only apply in England.

And it's even MORE annoying when the same posters just refuse to accept that they are wrong because they have no concept that people in Armagh/Aberdeen/Aberystwyth do things differently to people in Altrincham/Andover.

I guess we could have flags next to our user names to aid better communication but if people don't know school holidays are different in Scotland that's not going to help. They come to this forum and leave better informed, you'd hope.

But I do worry for you getting annoyed at it. You are going to live in a perpetual state of outrage if you ae triggered by other people's ignorance.

It's not because they assume everyone is English though. They just don't know school summer holidays are earlier in Scotland than England. Why would they?

I know Scottish school holidays are different from England but I'm not sure about Wales and NI? Can anyone let me know for future reference,

As for mom/mum I originate in the Midlands and it is a thing there, I also call them islands and not roundabouts? Is this a Midland thing too?