Mummy/MummyMommies/Mummies

[JollyGolightly]

Am I missing something? I'm seeing "Mommy" everywhere, where "Mummy" ought to be, in places like; "First time Mommies" and "Puppy Mommies".

I thought that "Mummies" was British English, and "Mommies" American.

Perhaps ""Mommies" is more correct in its graphological relationship to "Mothers". Maybe it doesn't matter, but it's causing me a certain amount of pain.

Mommy is midlands as well as American apparently according to OH

It causes me pain too. I also thought it was American although have heard some people say certain counties in England write it as mom. I only know one person who does though and I reckon she's just twee

That's interesting, Helter. I've only seen it on forums, never in RL.

I've always thought that Mom and Mommy were the American equivalent of Mum/Mummy.

Where I live we say Mam instead of Mum, but never Mammy

I'm mammy

Mammy's Irish. Mam is northern (but not universal). Mom is usually American but sometimes Staffordshire and around (friend from Cannock describes herself thus). Mum, normal UK standard. Ma, think they're posh. Mummy = actually is posh when used by an adult to refer to her own mother.

HTH

Mam/Mammy is Welsh too. I hate Mom/Mommy. Nasty Americanism.

I've never heard a Welsh person refer to their 'Mam/Mammy'.

Mom for me from the Midlands.
Probably wouldn't write mom but that's how it's pronounced.

Everyone is Mam in my part of Wales

When I lived in the West Midlands, all my friends had a Mom!

I have a mom. I am a mom. West mids.

I am a Mama

Mom/mommy is West Midlands. I hate it, I am mummy!

I wondered if the American usage might be a remnant of pilgrim fathers' home dialects but have no idea how many of them were from the midlands!

Here is one take on it; that they are all just essentially the same word.

dialectblog.com/2011/04/07/mom-mum-mam/

"Maw" in Scotland. Which is very close to the Scandinavian "Mor"ï¼? which eagle-eared Bridge/Borgen/Killing fans may have noticed.

I hate Mom/Mommy. Nasty Americanism.

Did you mean to be so rude?

Also a West-Mids Mommy here. I like it!

Mommy here and I have a mom. West Midlands too.

I'm Mum (dcs have mostly grown out of Mummy) and my mother is Mama.

Hate Mummies/Mommies I am not 'a' mum, or one of a group of 'mummies'. Makes me wince.

dd once got very upset on having a 'I love you Mummy' school card/gift corrected to Mommy (we move to Canada a few years ago) I agreed with her, what a small child calls their parents should be totally up to them.

Sorry Rafaella. It's the Americanism that's nasty. not Americans. They have their ways, we have ours. Vive la difference.

I have a mom and I'm from the West Midlands but dc call me mummy because that's how dh pronounces it ( from north west).

So not always a 'nasty Americanism' and why does it matter? Don't get where the mum/ mom snobbery come from.

West wales I'm mammy to youngest Mam to oldest as he's.adult changed when he was about 11 .

Well, our language is very much a part of who we are so "nasty" coupled with "Americanism" is not a very nice thing to read when you are American.

It is very hard to see how the word "mom" is nasty.