'Mom' in the Midlands

[robbo82]

I've noticed that people from the Midlands tend to refer to their mother as Mom, whereas everyone else in the country says Mum. Does anyone know why this is, and if it's always been that way?

[lindapinda]

Don't know the why and the where for Robbo! ..But,I call my mother Mommie,and I'm in Belfast.It must be a regional thing?

[dilf]

some have moms some have mums my mam's the best

[unruliejulie]

I'm from the east Midlands and i say Mum, but my hubby and quite a few others i know use Mam, not mom. That to me is american

[heathfield]

It's a strange fact that 'mama' and 'papa', or closely similar words, are to be found in nearly all of the world's languages. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/linguistics/documents/where_do_mama2.pdf

[SaxyJag]

The only people I have ever heard use 'Mom' are Americans. I'm the Midlands, and it's either 'Mam' or 'Mum'. Some use 'mother' to sound like 'muther' (short but heavy 'u') or 'mother' (rhymes with 'bother').

When I was little, I could never understand why my teachers always made me write 'Mummy' in those home-made cards, when I called her 'Mammy'.

[Katie~77]

My husband says and writes Mom. He's from Shropshire.x

[winniebagum]

I'm from the Midlands and call my mum in law mum ( my mum has died) but my daughters call me mumsy

[whiskeysheri]

Hi robbo! My boyfriend also says and writes 'Mom'- he's originally from the West Midlands. All the Mother's Day cards he has ever sent her though, have the word 'Mum' on the front! x

[bug123]

My friend from Birmingham always called her mother 'Mom'. I asked her why and she didn't know! :o)

[Dollie]

I say Mom and I'm from West Yorkshire

[lizwiz]

I say Mam or Mum, I'm from North Yorkshire but I have picked up Mam from my relations from the north east

[lankeela]

Although she lived in London for fifty years, me mam was always called mam, being originally from Yorkshire. She signed cards and letter 'mam' and her mum was always called yer granma.

[feebal]

I'm from the East Midlands and say 'Mum' but hear 'Mam' alot. I think 'Mom' is mainly said in the West Midlands and probably came about because of the West Midlands accent.

[gazzawazza]

It's MAM alright? In the North East we say mam, and I hate all those other words for it.

This has actually been debated before on AB, and was settled with a full answer by QM stating that my version, MAM, had indeed been in use longer than any of the others (can't bear to say or even write them, sad I know!) therefore concluding that I'm right and you lot are wrong. So there.

[elmish]

Hiya, I grew up in B'ham I say Mom, my children call me Mom. Does cause a few problems, at primary school one teacher refused to let my daughter write mom, and put it as spelling mistake for a whole year. Some people take it out of us, it's mum or mam where I live now.

[wonder years]

hi robbo82 here in the northeast we call our mothers mams in middlesbrough they allways say our mam and our dad when talking of their parents i think it depends on were you come from