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Old March 26th 04, 08:02 PM
David Stevenson
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Karen wrote
Yup. We call our "Mums" "Mom" or sometimes when younger "Mama" (though my
siblings and I held on to that one for a long time actually.) "Mother" is
generally held for referral use only OR when aggravated by said parent.


"Mums" and "Mama" sound fine to me.

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Old March 26th 04, 08:02 PM
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JBHajos 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".


Oh, my!!! Most children, brats or not, call their mothers "Mom"
here. We don't think it's any worse than "Mum" which we'd never
criticize. (In fact, I think it's charming.) My 93-year-old mother
was "Mom" to us to her dying day. I am Mom to all seven of my
children, sons- and daughters-in-law, friends of the kids, and, in one
instance, the US Postal Service!! Wouldn't have it any other way!
Sorry it's offensive "over there."


I never said it was offensive "over here".

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Old March 26th 04, 08:03 PM
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:49:37 -0800, Annie Wxill wrote
(in article ):


"David Stevenson" wrote in message
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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.

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Sorry to annoy you, but Mom is a common word here in the U.S. when referring
to or addressing one's mother. It is not disrespectful at all. In fact, I
considered it a great compliment when my daughters were growing up that
their friends addressed me as Mom. Because I was active in the schools, it
caught on, and some of the other children also called me Mom. I could go
down the hall and be greeted by, "Hi, Mom," several times.
To me, it meant that they considered me as more than just another adult.
They recognized me as someone who cared about them and the greeting returned
the affection in a respectful way.
One of my treasured memories is when one of my daughter's friends was about
to introduce me to her parents at an event we were attending. The girl told
me her parents' names and then blushed and said to me, "I'm sorry, I don't
remember your name. I always think of you as Mom."
I don't know how her own mother took it, but it meant a lot to me.
Mum or Mummy is rarely, if ever used here. I guess it's more a European
usage. (But, we Americans are soo uncultured, you know. grin).
Annie, who thinks being a mother is the most important career in the world,
no matter what name you use.


I don't think it is so much uncultured as multi-cultured. We may have
English as our language but most of us don't have English ancestors. A
Hispanic or Italian mother fresh from the old country is not going to
teach her newborn Mum. Its going to be Moma. Its close enough in sound
to Mum or Mummy that it stuck.

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Old March 26th 04, 08:30 PM
m. L. Briggs
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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.
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Old March 26th 04, 08:31 PM
Karen
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"David Stevenson" wrote in message
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Karen wrote
Yup. We call our "Mums" "Mom" or sometimes when younger "Mama" (though my
siblings and I held on to that one for a long time actually.) "Mother" is
generally held for referral use only OR when aggravated by said parent.


"Mums" and "Mama" sound fine to me.

Now here is the real question. How do you spell Mama? I have seen so many
variations over the years. Momma is how we spelled it growing up, but there
is also mama and mamma.

Karen


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Old March 26th 04, 08:43 PM
Karen
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
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It's American. Mine was Mother or Mom. And there was no lack of

affection
in calling her mother. It's just a little old fashioned here.

But the other parent was always Daddy. Go figure.

Jo


Yes, my "Dad" is and always will be Daddy. Even now after he has died we
refer to him as Daddy. Now, what really confused me as a child was that Mom
called Daddy Daddy and Daddy called Mom Mom or Mama when talking to us or
each other. It really was a big shock to me when I got older and they
reverted more to using each others name! I know, I was a fairly dim child it
seems.

Karen


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Old March 26th 04, 08:45 PM
Jette Goldie
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"JBHajos" wrote in message
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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".


Oh, my!!! Most children, brats or not, call their mothers "Mom"
here. We don't think it's any worse than "Mum" which we'd never
criticize. (In fact, I think it's charming.) My 93-year-old mother
was "Mom" to us to her dying day. I am Mom to all seven of my
children, sons- and daughters-in-law, friends of the kids, and, in one
instance, the US Postal Service!! Wouldn't have it any other way!
Sorry it's offensive "over there."



Oh it's not *offensive* per se - but it is downright annoying
when British kids start saying it instead of "Mum" because
they've heard it too often on tv.

It's like a Cockney accent is perfectly acceptable for a kid
in London - but when Glasgow kids start using "teef" instead
of "teeth" and losing their Rs for Ws, because they watch
too much EastEnders, it's not funny anymore.


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Old March 26th 04, 08:55 PM
Seanette Blaylock
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"LAL" had some very interesting things
to say about Mom [OT]:

It's not to make you feel ancient, it's to show respect. As a proper GRITS
(Girl Raised In The South), I will use ma'am to women I ~know~ are younger
than me when they're in charge and I'm asking them to do something for me
(IE: at the DMV getting my licence renewed, in a store asking for help).
Remember, it's not always what happens to you. It's how you choose to
react.


When I was working in tech support [and I suspect this'll happen on my
new job too], I'd very frequently have Southern-sounding callers who
sounded old enough to have children or even grandchildren my age
calling me Ma'am. :-)

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Old March 26th 04, 09:29 PM
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that? What you you call your mom? "Mater"?

Mum, mummy.

I thought I said that?

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David Stevenson


Gee whiz, David. A Mum is a flower, and a Mummy is a really old dead guy (or
chick). Didn't you know that?

Sherry
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Old March 26th 04, 09:34 PM
Sherry
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Yes, my "Dad" is and always will be Daddy. Even now after he has died we
refer to him as Daddy. Now, what really confused me as a child was that Mom
called Daddy Daddy and Daddy called Mom Mom or Mama when talking to us or
each other. It really was a big shock to me when I got older and they
reverted more to using each others name! I know, I was a fairly dim child it
seems.

Karen


My kids call us Mom and Dad. My DH's parents are Ma and Pa. (that's pretty
old-fashioned sounding, isn't it)
We've already discussed the grandparent-thing. I will *not* be anybody's
Mee-moo and DH says he's not gonna be anybody's Papaw.

Sherry
 




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