To want Brits to spell 'mum' the British way?

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This really. Why are people spelling it Mom now-a-days? This isn't America.

Neither have I, but that’s probably because authors tend to use standard, RP type English.

I can't think of a children's book off the top of my head but the adult novels by Annie Murray set in Birmingham all use Mom.

Dad was from west midlands - so he said Mom as did his parents my DGP.

Mum was from another part of midland - she says Mum as his my other grandparents.

DH is from another part of the mindlands and say mam.

I did vere between Mum and mon in my primarys chool writing but settled on Mum - but I am dyslexic and spelling was always an issue. I'm Mum to my kids or mother when they are vexed but they heard all three not just from family but as we've move around their peers.

It's never really been an issue - of the regional variations it's one least remarked on TBH.

That's probably because most British children's books are written using Standard British English, or Received Pronunciation, neither of which include dialectical speech.

......not much gets past you, does it?

I’m originally from Cannock too, my Dad is Hednesford born and bred (and still there 92 years later) and he always called his mother Mom. That’s what I also called my Mom who was from Birmingham, and in turn she called her mother (born in 1904) Mom too so it’s obviously not a new Americanism.

Color me shocked

Someone (English) said parking lot to me at the weekend. That irritated me.

when are you cutting off Trick or Treating as 'never used to happen? because i'm 44 and was going trick or treating in the 80s.

also midlands and it's Mom, not mum.

Here we go.

Why don’t you just replace British with English instead of blaming Americans?

Threads like this pop up several times a year with British posters saying they use ‘mom’ and have done so for decades and it is typically from what I seen on here, usually English people moaning about it despite even some English saying they have been using mom as well way before the Internet.

Where do you think the Americans got mom from and why does it matter?

Mother = Mom, Mum, and Mam.

We all know what it means. The definition hasn’t changed.

Speak for yourself !
I have a mom and i am a mom.

I'm English and no one around here uses Mum, it's Mam. So it's not the whole of England. And plenty of Welsh/Scottish people say Mum.

Um, I wrote Mam in my post so I know Mam is used. My DH is Geordie.

Right...and how many of the 70million population of the UK do you know?

I dont personally know anyone who has won the lottery or is called Bob, that doesn't mean they don't exist!

I do wonder how some people ever manage to go on holiday without having a nervous breakdown if the concept of someone living a life the slightest bit different to theirs is so incomprehensible!

100% this. It's such a superior and narrow minded attitude to assume that because YOU don't know anyone who does x, y, or z, that NO-ONE does it. Some people must live very sheltered lives!

Like a pp, I have always been irked that I can't get a greeting card with MOM on it, it's always MUM. I don't say 'mum' or write 'mum!'

I don't start threads on internet forums though, berating and bashing people who do say and write 'mum,' and tell them they're 'wrong.' 🙄

I'm West Mids and 50. Went trick or treating when younger and always called mom, mom.

Yep. Mam it is and always will be.

Where I'm from it's Mum always. People who are from more rural areas outside the city sometimes say Mam but thats a small number. I have never ever seen or heard Mom until recently in the death notices in a local newspaper. Every single reference said 'Mom', it must be a new editor or admin person. I genuinely would have been upset if I put a tribute to my Mum and someone obviously not from around here used the wrong word. And it IS wrong for here, it's a local newspaper and reflects the local area only.

I can assure you that I live nowhere near the Home Counties.

Birmingham born and bred here, always been mom, everyone I know says mom, my son calls me mommy. It’s what I’m used to, so much so that the word “mum” always sounds so wrong to me. My partner isn’t from Birmingham but always refers to me as “mommy” when talking to the children because he knows how I feel about it, but his family will still say “mummy” and it hits my ear so wrong every time 😂

I'll try to get my brother from Lancashire to say Mum then, and let you know the outcome. It's funny enough when he says lunch or c*nt, so this should be hilarious! 🙄

Turns out not all assumptions are correct then... Such as the word mom being in use in Britain due to binge watching American TV when you weren't aware it's been in use in many areas of England long before TVs existed

I'm from the West Midlands. My area its either mam, or mum. I always say mum, as my mum does. My dad always used mam, even in cards etc.
But I know Birmingham use mom and always have. Its 15 mins away from me.
A lot of my friends say either mam, or mom.

First of all, my statement was correct about American ideas and influence finding their way into the UK because of people binge-watching US TV shows and movies.

Second, historical use is not relevant. Regardless of where it is used in the UK, it's not a standard spelling in British English. Nowadays, the word is considered North American English only.