rjw63 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is it fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 mam around here, I've stuck with mum. On a slightly different note, the English Defence League have a meeting / march in Cardiff today, they are meeting at an Irish pub at 11:45am Now I'm not claiming to be bang up to date on EDL politics or geography or anything for that matter. But I did presume that was just a poor joke when i first heard of it, but it turns out to be true. I guess they are there to complain about the mosque with red seats and a retractable roof. I find it more funny that the ENGLISH defence league are marching in Wales 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is it fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I thought that as a UKIP voter you'd want to save our British spellings? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Considering that most of the american usage of words was based on language of chaucerian english etc, Mom has been the "short" version for mother for many years. The use of it by West Midlander (black country, brummies etc) harks back to old days. You have to remember that the west midlands accents were very different pre industrial revolution and changed to the more rounded etc in order that people could be understood over loud noises. People with west midlands accents when talking to foreigners in business often are complemented for how they can be understood, as opposed to phlegm induced scouse, short wave radio geordies and wa-wa-wa cocker-knees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is it fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I thought that as a UKIP voter you'd want to save our British spellings? I laughed but mom predates mum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Do the freaks who spell it 'mum' actually say "mum" as opposed to saying "mom" as well then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I think 'mum' sounds really common. 'Mom' is far superior. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 People with west midlands accents when talking to foreigners in business often are complemented for how they can be understood, as opposed to phlegm induced scouse, short wave radio geordies and wa-wa-wa cocker-knees Come to think of it, I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Being from Oxfordshire I'm probably more... Well spoken than some of you so I do pronounce it as 'mum'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 But 'mum' sounds a lot more common than 'mom'. Doesn't even sound right or feel right when saying it. To me its like calling my dad 'dod'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 You yam yams don't know what you're talking about, and neither do I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I'm from the Midlands I bet I have a nice accent Lichfield yo' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Mum sounds like a shortening of mutha. Sometimes I hear a Brummie accent and think they sound like a thick, uncouth clearing in the woods. Then I realise that's how I sound to non-Brummies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Maybe in your accents it sounds weird but if I said 'mom' it would just sound like I was trying to do a very poor American accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I'm surprised you don't say mother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is it fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I thought that as a UKIP voter you'd want to save our British spellings? Don't bring politics into this thread as well you shit stirring scroteski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Is it fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I thought that as a UKIP voter you'd want to save our British spellings? Don't bring politics into this thread as well you shit stirring scroteski I'm surprised you don't say mother I find that a bit too formal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I'm surprised you don't say mother Or mater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Or moe-thar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 But 'mum' sounds a lot more common than 'mom'. Doesn't even sound right or feel right when saying it. To me its like calling my dad 'dod'. you mean dud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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