What word do you call your Mother?

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

"Mom" would be fine if it didn't come out like "mauwwm"

A nice, short vowled "Mum" has so much more charm

 

[Synobun]

Called my mother as mama when I was little. Now I call her mother whenever I am forced to address her.

 

[LucyDuke]

Mama or mom or ma. Mom is just the first part of mama, if you non-americans don't think mama is weird I don't understand why you think mom is weird. I address her that way, when I refer to her it's frequently "my mother". I think that might be an effort to distance our relationship from others.

 

[Borachio]

It was very dignified of the boys and Prince Charles, Prince Philip, and Viscount Spencer (Diana's brother) to walk behind the carriage carrying her coffin. However, it wasn't quite so dignified to have a card set up on top of the coffin, printed with the word "Mummy".

I realize it's common in the UK for children to call their mothers "Mummy." But considering that there was an embalmed corpse in that coffin, I couldn't help giggling a tiny bit...

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In the England (specifically), I believe, "Mummy" is common with the under fives (or so) whence the child progresses to "Mum" .

The most common exception to this is to do with class, the higher up the scale (with the aristos at the top - tho' I personally think they're at the bottom) the more likely the children persist with "Mummy" through into adulthood.

But these are only very very general rules. (And I wouldn't be surprised to be proved wrong.)

And hey what's in a word, or any number of conventions?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

I use the formal "Mother" if I want to piss my mom off (because she hates it for some reason).

Same thing here! When growing into an adult I started to feel weird to say "Mama" for a while. Sounded so childish. But nowadays I have no problem with that anymore. I am annoyed by Germans who call their mother "Mom" because they thing it's cool. Not very common, but every instance is one enough.
When I was a little teenager I once got in the habit to call her the Russian word for mother though, because well I thought it was cool or something. She hated it

 

[JohnRM]

No multiple choice?

Ma, Mother

Ma, typical

Mother, annoyed

 

[azzaman333]

If she were still alive, it'd be "Mum".

 

[Dachs]

Mom when I'm talking to her, Mother when I'm talking to her and want to piss her off, my mother when I'm referring to her in conversation with people who aren't in my family.

 

[Verarde]

Mom, mother, or ma.

Mom in general.
Mother when trying to prove a point.
Ma when joking around.

 

[Angst]

"Mor".

Anglocentric thread is anglocentric.

 

[shadowplay]

In Trinidad we usually say mummy.

 

[Lillefix]

Mamma, with two ms. The Norwegian prime minister refers to his parents with their first names. That's a bit weird.

 

[LucyDuke]

Mamma, with two ms. The Norwegian prime minister refers to his parents with their first names. That's a bit weird.

Referring to isn't too weird, but addressing as is.

 

[Lillefix]

Referring to isn't too weird, but addressing as is.

My bad. He both addresses and refers to them with their first names. He says it's just the way it is in his family, and anything else is weird for him and his sisters.

 

[Save_Ferris]

"Mor".

Anglocentric forum is anglocentric.

Fixed that for you.

 

[holy king]

I don't speak to my parents in English.

apparently i talk to mine in italian.

 

[Angst]

Fixed that for you.

Perkele.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I use "mama" as a direct address. (I also use it when speaking about her to my father, as he is a bit hard of hearing and tends to miss single syllable words.) When speaking about her in the third person I typically use "mom." However, I tend to become more formal when using possessive pronouns, perhaps because there is rarely need to specify except when talking to strangers. It seems much more natural to say "my mother" rather than "my mom." (The same scheme goes for "daddy"/"dad"/"my father.")



(I always thought it was odd how my father would always refer to his parents as "mother and daddy." It makes sense though, as his father was an extremely kind and gentle man whereas his mother was a strict and domineering woman who often hit her children, husband, and later in life her nurses.)

 

[Valka D'Ur]

In the England (specifically), I believe, "Mummy" is common with the under fives (or so) whence the child progresses to "Mum" .

The most common exception to this is to do with class, the higher up the scale (with the aristos at the top - tho' I personally think they're at the bottom) the more likely the children persist with "Mummy" through into adulthood.

But these are only very very general rules. (And I wouldn't be surprised to be proved wrong.)

And hey what's in a word, or any number of conventions?

William was 15 and Harry was 13 when their mother died, so I think they can be forgiven.

 

[Lone Wolf]

"Hey, you!"

j/k