A vent - it's MUM not mom!

FOREVER21

Hon or Hun ? Does it matter both are Cxxxp forms of endearment!

Coopdivi

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Don't know why but I'm getting really fed up with people using the word 'mom' instead of 'mum', 'mam' or 'ma' etc - this isn't the US so why the americanism?

There really are only small region's in the UK where saying 'mum' sounds like 'mom' - so why use it?

The number of usernames on here springing up usng it, such as 'xxxx's mom' is getting me annoyed as well.

Yes, there are greater worries in the world but I just wanted to vent anyway.

As you are being picky..... it's 'regions' not 'region's'.

pulliptears

FOREVER21 wrote: »

Hon or Hun ? Does it matter both are Cxxxp forms of endearment!

Perhaps fortunate you are not from stoke then where everyone is 'Duck'.

mazza111

Here it's maw, mam, ma, mum, mither, Never mom.

As for the hon, it's hon for honey not hun for Atilla.

My 2 cents worth

But really, is it worth getting annoyed over?

vuvuzela

fashionlover10 wrote: »

Glad I'm not the only one! Hon instead of hun also really irks me.

Hon = short for honey.
Hun = either a made-up word taken from Winnie the Pooh or something to do with Attilla.

StaffieTerrier

I'm from Staffordshire, with roots from the Black Country, and I use the word Mom. I get fed up of people complaining about me using the word Mom! I wouldn't dare to say anything to others that choose to use Mum, Mam, etc. It's all about where you're from, and in my case the dialect I speak.

MamaMoo_2

No, it's MOM, not MUM! It's short for MOther, so it's MOM.

Also, this was debated a while back

See https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3425739

RadoJo

I agree with almost everyone here:
Mom is perfectly respectable UK English - the fact that Americans tend to use it too doesn't negate the fact that it originated here (as in fact did most 'Americanisms') and is particularly common in the midlands.
'Hon' is closer to the term it is short for than 'Hun' but either tends to come across as incredibly patronising when used towards strangers on a forum.
Neither is worth getting worked up about, and I consider myself quite the language pedant!

peachyprice

And the award for the most arrogant post of the weeks goes to............................Tiddlywinks

Mrs_Arcanum

But as far as my children are concerned they call me (and pronounce it) Mummy Not Mommy so the short form for us is Mum. DH is from the Black Country so I am used to both. There again he says Bath & we say Barth. :rotfl: