to think that Mom is an Americanism too far

[Tinasan]

I must be an old fart. I keep reading threads where people refer to their mother as 'mom' and it sets my teeth on edge. Has there been some new shift in British pronunciation that I'm unaware of? Should the site be called Momsnet? Seriously, could someone can reply and tell me their reasoning for spelling mum like mom, and put a miserable old bag out of her misery

OMFG not this subject again.

Maybe you are American Lizzy Never seen a thread like this before. I'm from Warwickshire. Will have to ask my friend who is from Birmingham waht she says, to be honest i've never noticed

Here in Shropshire 'Mom' is very common indeed.It sounded very odd to me at first.Mind you I grew up in the NE and we said 'Mam' whereas my own children [Lancashire then] said 'Mum' or 'Mummy'.

*Throws up a 'what' that's spelt right

Oh ,I've always loathed my Birmingham bases SIL calling mum,mom .
I had absolutely no idea that it was a regional variation ....

OOH, Sparkly my Mom and my Dad now live in Warwickshire.
I now live in lancs and it's "Mum" here.
But really, we get this all the time on MN and the last one was even sniffy when it was pointed out that some parts of England said MOM. It is just so annoying. Not every speaks RP.
I have lost almost all of my Midlands accent by living here there and everywhere for the past 19yrs, but the one thing I type/write (not so sure I say) is Mom.

My DH is from the Midlands and thinks Mom is perfectly acceptable. Personally it puts my teeth on edge. I'm more of a Mam kind of girl

I say mom, always have, she does the same, I call my gran momma. On my part it's a west-indian term, but I've heard it alot of the Midlands and often in Manchester.

Exactly Lizzy, we all speak English, just different pronunciations.
Oh how my brother in law (who is from norfolk) and I laugh at each others accents. I love how he says some words. Queue = Koo. Music = Moozic.
He says that I say Blud (blood) etc.
Life would be very boring if we were all the same

I always write "mom", despite being English, because my mom is American, and "mum" just doesn't suit her. I'm a "mam" though, 'cause my babies have northern accents

I tell DS "Mommy's going to do...." and DH says to DS "Mummy's going to...." I will always be Mom/Mommy to my American family/friends and I will be Mum/Mummy to my British family/friends. I will be whoever DS grows up to call me.

However, I have NEVER heard an English person easily say "Mom" and if anyone can point me in the direction of a Mother's Day card saying "Mom" instead of "Mum" I'd greatly appreciate it! (Please don't say I'd find one in the States -- I KNOW that! However, Mother's Day is in May and we go back in November!)

it's a class thing. Mum is higher class and mom is a little lower.

I am deeply offended! My mom who is no longer with me was alway MOM. We live in the West Midlands, it is not American, it is Brummie. I have only posted 'mum' on here because that's what everybody seems to say, but in my heart of hearts it is MOM here. It will always be MOM. And I still miss her loads.

Apparently Mom is quite common in Norfolk too.

Scout, come to Birmingham, they ONLY say Mom here!

You'll find Nan and Grandad cards as well, instead of Grandma/Grandpa.

EVERYONE in Birmingham uses Mom...apart from those of Irish descent (there are lots!), who round here tend to say mammy!

It would have been 'Mammy' only my Mom was English and she was Mom, my father was Irish and we called him Dad. Surprisingly enough! My DH called his Irish mom 'Mother' and his Irish Dad 'Pop'.

Mom is clearly not just American.

However, 'mwarrrrrrmeeeeee!!!' (as wailed in Yankee kid flicks by a child with a pudding basin hairdo) definitely is

And American English is no 'truer' a form of English than British English, nor vice-versa. They're both just forms of English. Language evolves, innit?

MOM RULES! SO THERE!

Another Midlander here, and yes it is MOM!!

My mom is mom to me, MIL is mom to DH and I'm Mom to my DDs.

dexifehatz - lower class?. Oh yes of course we're all metal bashers who speak like Pig from Pipkins

Well here in the East Midlands I don't know ANYONE who says MOM.

'The Midlands' does not just mean Brum/Black Country - that is WEST Midlands.

dexi do you really still think that a south east accent rather than a scottish, welsh, irish, midlands or northern accent means you are a higher class? Isn't that thinking a bit common narrow?

I said 'West Midlands', didn't I!

Nadia sorry, my duck .

Didn't mean to tar you will the same brush as us commoners West Midlanders .

Nadia I was in Nottingham (east midlands) for a few years and I heard quite a few people say mom.