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A vent - it's MUM not mom!

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  • Jeff_Bridges_hair
    Jeff_Bridges_hair Posts: 6,330 Forumite
    Mam........
    "If you no longer go for a gap, you are no longer a racing driver" - Ayrton Senna
  • bcl999
    bcl999 Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    Errata wrote: »
    depending on where in the UK the mater and offspring are.
    Eton or similar in this case, it would seem ;) Try getting Latin lessons in a state secondary modern these days.
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
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    marleyboy wrote: »
    I call my Mother, Mother, NOT Mum, Mam or Mom. On the flip side I call my sperm doner, IT. ;)

    Your sperm doner?

    Is that your male lover?

    And what does IT stand for?
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    A vent - it's MUM not mom!


    It's whatever people want to call their Mothers.

    Just because you don't say 'Mom', doesn't mean it's wrong.
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  • pulliptears
    pulliptears Posts: 14,583 Forumite
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    shellsuit wrote: »
    It's whatever people want to call their Mothers.

    When I was a teenager I called my Mum 'Pete's Dragon' (my Dad was named Pete). Obviously she still does not know this :p;)
  • wellused
    wellused Posts: 1,678 Forumite
    And don't even start on the shopping mall being called a "mowl"!:mad:
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