Mum/mom

[rockyracoon]

I come from London and mum is, well, Mum, I've noticed on posts recently that some are writing mom even though I'm fairly certain they're in the UK. Is this an americanism or do some parts of the country say mom instead of mum or mam.

[emmie]

mum, not mom...

[chrisgel]

It's Mum or Mam in Manchester

[tenrec]

It's mum or mam in Cumbria too.

[albaqwerty]

Can't say I've noticed really, might be a typo now and again, they might have American influence in their lives, could be quite a range of things really.

[Sharingan]

Mom here in the West Midlands, I use either as we lived in America for a little while where Mom is normal but also in London where its always Mum.

[Frank97]

I'm sure I remember my cousins from Wolverhampton saying Mom when I was a kid.

[DTCwordfan]

"It's potAto, it's potARto, let's call the whole thing off."

[cazzz1975]

its Mom in the west Midlands

[tenrec]

I think Lenny Henry talked about his Mom.

[rockyracoon]

Ah, Sharnigan and Frank, that solves that little mystery as one of the posters who wrote mom, I'm sure comes from the Midlands area.

[mallyh]

ive got a mUm oh got a mAm he comes from yorkhire our kid got told off at school for writing mam in cards etc

[rockyracoon]

More proof from Cazz and Tenrec.

[emmie]

perhaps it's the accent, pronunciation. I would never call her mom, it's mum, or mother on a bad day...

[Baldric]

From Concise Oxford Dictionary

Definition of mom
noun
North American term for mum.

[rockyracoon]

Mally, that's a bit mean. Next time you write a letter in to school, sign it off, from Sonny's MAM!

[rockyracoon]

Lol Em, if it's a bad day, it's muvva!

[mallyh]

bit late rockracoon they left school year ago lol i did take it up with teachers and said thats how their dad says it but was told it wasn't accepted down here.

[queenofmean]

my friend in the West Midlands always refers to her mum as 'mom' drives me crazy - but I noticed a few of her friends use mom a lot too. I much prefer mum

[yogasun]

I think some Irish people say 'Mammy' - sorry if I'm wrong, but maybe I'm not....'Mrs. Brown's Boys' (!)

[society]

Mum