FabSwingers.com forum: Mum or Mom?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I see it a lot, British people calling their Mums “Mom”.

Is this a regional specific thing that I’m not yet aware of (like cobs and barm cakes for bread rolls) or just a lazy US import thing? I always assumed Mom was an Americanism?

I know some regions use Mam, I’m sure there are other variations!

What do you call your Mum (or Mom or Mam)?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am called Mam by my kids x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mam

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By *artinbobMan
over a year ago

Leicester

"I see it a lot, British people calling their Mums “Mom”.

Is this a regional specific thing that I’m not yet aware of (like cobs and barm cakes for bread rolls) or just a lazy US import thing? I always assumed Mom was an Americanism?

I know some regions use Mam, I’m sure there are other variations!

What do you call your Mum (or Mom or Mam)?

I’d say bread cake in Sheffield lol. And go for mum

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I used to call mine Mummy, she sadly passed away 2 days before ma 7th birthday in 1969

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By *hampagne_Supernova_91Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Mam is the one I use. Think most Mancs and Salfordians do to be honest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I call mine mam John calls his mum kids call me mum xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum

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By *ardmember18Man
over a year ago

portsmouth

I call her mum, or mother just to annoy her lol.

Pretty sure mom is an Americanism.

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By *uscious_Lady1Woman
over a year ago

Norwich

Mum

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum or sometimes mother

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

My mother is “me mam” where I come from

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I call mine mom. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum x

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By *leasure4leisureMan
over a year ago

south

Always mum

She is 91 and in lock down in a home ;(

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By *uke OzadeMan
over a year ago

Ho Chi Minge City

Mom. But I’m born and bred in Africa so it’s standard there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brummies and around that area say mom

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By *rincessB69Woman
over a year ago

North East

Mam mammy

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Nowhere

Mum always xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mama

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

I call mine Mum, but my lad calls me Mam

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mom bless her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum and I'm mummy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive 2 sons ,one calls me Mum and the other Mam lol

I prefer Mam and call my mother Mam xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I all mine woman, little inside joke but I cant even remember what I called her before hand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum for me.

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By *alvenieMan
over a year ago

Bouncing Between Swindon and Weston

Mum for me, but my mum called hers mom.

It's a regional thing

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By *iss.ddWoman
over a year ago

Leeds + Newcastle

My Brummie mate says mom but I'm a Geordie so I have a Mam.

I have been known to graffiti mum cards to say mam

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

I call mine bitch, can’t stand her

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

Mum or Mam.

Mom is American, yuk.

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Mum or if I’m in their bad books then Mother

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My mum is mum, or mammy. Mom is definitely a yankee doodle bastardisation of the english language

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Mummy or mam

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scouse marrrrrr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Or arl girll

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum yes. Mam yes. Mom no.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Always mum

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maw!

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Whilst there are a few UK regional versions of Mom, it's generally viewed as more of an American based version and has, like many American words and phrases, worked its way into our English language.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quite a lot of things have been adopted by our American cousins. Prom night. Baby showers. Gender reveals. Even halloween has grown massively the last few years.

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

LA mama

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By *elly72Woman
over a year ago

glasgow

Mum or ma. Mummy sometimes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's just mum where I am

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s mumzy for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends if she’s on top or not

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By *eeleyWoman
over a year ago

Dudley

Mum

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Mom is an Americanism, like mon and pop stores, that no one would say here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I used to call mine Mummy, she sadly passed away 2 days before ma 7th birthday in 1969

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I call her mum, or mother just to annoy her lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mom is an Americanism, like mon and pop stores, that no one would say here"

What is a pop store

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

Mam, or more often than not, The Elderly Mother.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

I think Mom is a Midland-ism (as well as being the American thing)

Mine has always been Mum

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By *itonmyfacebookMan
over a year ago

Burton on Trent

"I am called Mam by my kids x"

100% Mam

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"I think Mom is a Midland-ism (as well as being the American thing)

Mine has always been Mum "

I'm from the Midlands and I use mom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mam

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I used to call mine Mummy, she sadly passed away 2 days before ma 7th birthday in 1969

That's sad bro.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only have one in step form so she’s usually addressed by her forename but in my head she’s always known by hot as fuck kinky cum slut please bounce the shit out this dick

But that name she’ll never know of hahaha

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I call mine mum. My son calls me mum, my daughter mamá for the time being at least

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mother. Suppose I got it from private school

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mother. Suppose I got it from private school

What else did you get from private school haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mother. Suppose I got it from private school

Same here I went private school and I also use mother

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

From what I remember, Mom is commonly jlused in Birminham and Thr Black Country.

Pronounced like "de Montford" but with an M ay the end instead of a ntford

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Momma

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mom is a regional thing in the UK

Like most so-called Americanisms it started elsewhere and then went to America when people emigrated.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have always said ‘Mom’.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I didn't think anywhere in the UK commonly used mom.

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By *ow Solo and SeekingCouple
over a year ago

ST9

Unfortunately I've not had a mum now for many years but was always MUM , what I can't stand these days is grown adults calling there parent's "mama and papa bear" I think "WTF" each to their own I guess

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"Mom is an Americanism, like mon and pop stores, that no one would say here

What is a pop store "

A mom and pop store is a type of traditional store run by a male and female couple. Pop relates to the dad, rather than a fizzy drink.

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