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

[Kudosss]

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

Likewise...
Of course I'd heard of "mam" but only in the last couple of months on Mumsnet have I seen Mom

My youngest calls me Mommy or Mami - he is the only one who is half German (they all have two British parents, we've just lived here longer) it's interesting how they pick things up from what they hear around them. I think DS3 got the Mommy pronunciation from American cartoons - DH and I have always said Mummy, and that's what the other two say.

How exactly would you police implement that?

@OwlBeThere I was "mother" for a while when my daughter was about 5 thanks to me reading the Naughty Little Sister books to her (they're set in the 1920s/30s).

Agreed with those who say mom is normal in West Midlands. Used to annoy me trying to find mother's day cards that had 'mom' rather than mum. Just felt wrong buying one referring to 'mum'😂

It’s none of your business what children call their parents. The end.

Also "Mother" per my husband and his siblings. 😆
Here in Canada mom and mum are pretty equal in frequency.

Always strikes me as odd that people are usually happyily accepting of variations for grandparents (Nan, nana, nanny, gran, granny, grandma, grandmother to name but a few!) but can’t tolerate mom/mum/mam!

Because they're watching US TV, not West Midlands TV.

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AIBU to want people to spell "nowadays" the correct British way?

I’m from the midlands, it’s always been mom. I’m almost 60, so nothing to do with American tv programmes or American spellings creeping in.

My good friend's husband is a proper Brummie, and THIS will make your teeth itch @Kudosss ... And the rest of the people who hate people saying 'mom.'

He calls Mumsnet MOMSNET! 😆

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OP I totally agree. DH is from Cannock and uses mom. When we first met I thought it was very American, but extremely common there to use ‘mom’.

For me it’s always been ‘mum’.

☝️This. Dad from Walker. Some people from NI also say "mom", I believe.

Stuff like this tends to be an issue with people who binge-watch a lot of TV, as most TV shows are from the US, and who also read a lot of stuff online from US newspapers. There are a lot of people who seem to think they are on a TV show, and their life is a US sitcom. There are also a surprising number of people who don't realise when they're reading a US newspaper online, and they assume what they're reading is intended for the UK.

This would explain why people are starting to use "mom." A few other examples of this...

• Increasing use of the word "liberal." While "liberal" is a term used globally, it's used with a very specific definition in the US that is not applicable to the UK.
• British singers singing with American accents and using American phrases. For example, in the song "Let Them Know" by Mabel, one of the lyrics is "they can run their mouth," which is a phrase that is only used in the US and not the UK.

As my southern friend found out its quite. Big difference when getting ready for a massage (take off your bra and pants, made her a bit more naked than the rest of us!)

It's been MOM all my life and I'm mid-40s. Midlands, but not in Birmingham.

West Mids mum here, and it's 'mum' to me.
My DD was in reception when she wrote 'To mum' in a card they were making and the TA told her she had spelt it wrong! Thankfully my DD ignored her and kept it the correct way!
You can't buy greetings cards in the UK with 'mom' on so why do people spell it that way?

Yeah, my dad's from Newcastle UT and he calls trousers pants. He's 84, so it's not a recent Americification.

I grew up in Staffordshire in the 1970s/80s. Everybody called their mothers "mom". It's nothing new or American.

According to Enid Blyton they say Mother and Daddy!

Tbf you can get cards addressed to mom, they're just rarer. Also less cards addressed to mam
Doesn't mean it's wrong just regional and not used as often as the mum option. But it would feel wrong for me to call my mom 'mum'. My family have never moved away from this area and it's been Mom's for our family. Why should we change it to mum?

My ex husband was from Yorkshire. His maternal family all used “mom”.