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.

This thread has been quite a revelation to me. I've always thought Mom was an Americanism - and absolutely hated it. I'd absolutely no idea it was also commonly part of local dialect in parts of England.

I was brought up in the North East where Mam was quite often used. Or " our Mam" to be more specific. My mother hated being called Mam so we generally didn't use it. My father used to call my mother's mother - his MiL - Ma . Which as children we thought was hilarious for some reason.

My great grandmother was born in the late 1800s and my granny had a letter from her signed 'mom'. Dudley born and bred! Don't think the Birmingham/Black Country/south staffs contingent will agree with you on this one!

I don’t think you know as much about British dialects and pronunciations as you think you do OP.

And Shropshire

I'm sure mom has always been used in the black country area of the west midlands and mam is more popular in the north of England. It's nothing to do with America

I'm Stourbridge and it's always been 'mum' to me.
Possibly because, although my DM was born and raised in Dudley, her DM was a Londoner.

It’s spelt mummy and daddy in Northern Ireland no matter what age you are!

It’s Mammy and Daddy in the North East of Ireland , Ma and Da in Dublin , Mummy and Daddy in Belfast

Maybe you should have kept mum on this subject, OP. 😷

This

For some reason Mumma really gets my goat. Usually used on social media when women are referring to themselves or their friends and without fail for some reason if said Mumma has an MLM to peddle

My DM is 86 and West Mids - mom all the way

It's mam in my country. Mum sounds as strange as mom to me.

Sorry, what? That makes no sense at all.

I think you’ll find the term “Brits” is an Americanism.
Most people in Britain would call themselves British, or more likely Welsh/Scottish/English/Irish. I’ve never heard anyone call themselves a Brit.

Oh jeeze, yes. And it's EVERYWHERE! Half the toddler groups etc on my local Facebook pages refer to Mummas. Makes me cringe.

Well I'm also from the Midlands (East though) . It's always been Mum or Mam where I come from (Leics).

I am aware of West Midlanders use of Mom, but I have a gut feeling that's not the reason more people are using it. It's Americanisation.

I’m in the West Midlands & it is spelt & pronounced Mom here.

Surely it’s Mother if we are being all British ‘now-a-days’?

I'm in NI. I have a wee Mammy. She doesn't recognise me anymore but she's still my wee mammy.

Im also a wee Mammy except when DS is winding me up then it's Mother in his politest accent.

I know that there are regional differences but in books/articles it was always written 'mum' wasn't it? Mum was the British way of spelling it.

Mum is the most commonly used version, so more likely to be written in most places, it doesn't mean mom or mam are new or Americanisms. Just regional differences

Glad it's not just me!

Depends where a book is set.
I used to read a lot of Liverpool set sagas.
Full of Mam (and Da)

Every Brit spells it Mum, except in the West Mids where by long standing convention it’s Mom.