On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:12:00 +0000 (UTC), David Stevenson
wrote:


I find it most annoying when little brats in American TV series refer
to "My Mom" or say something sick-making like "I love my Mom".

What I am curious about is the word 'Mom'. Is that what children
actually say? for that matter do they say that yucky word in England
nowadays?

If anyone wonders what my problem is then I learnt 'Mum' and 'Mummy'
and never heard this word 'Mom' until a few years ago.

When my son was very young he called me "Mommy" constantly -- at least
1000 times a day. One day, when I was very tired and not feeling well
I complained about the constant use of the word. He was offended and
with all the dignity a four year old could muster he said "from now on
I'll call you "Mother" Mother! And he did!

Whenever I hear "Mummy" I think of the Egyptians and their mummys

As a children, we called our mother MaMa and changed to Mom as
teenagers.