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"David Stevenson" wrote in message
... 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. I always thought it was weird to call your granfather, who was always "Grandad" to me, "Pops", and grandmothers, who were I always thought should be called "Nana", a bit off-putting to be called "Gran". But thats the Aussie way of doing things. I wouldn't do it myself, being raised English, but cant fault other people. Its really a *name* rather than a title anyway. I couldn't call my mother anything other than "Mum" despite the fact I know her full name, and she calls me "Victoria". Everyone else calls me Vicky. My mother's friend is referred to as "Suggie" by all her grandchildren. I have no idea why, but thats what she's know as and will be forever so in the eyes of those children. "Mom" doesn't bother me, thats what people use. I couldn't call my mother "Mom" because she's "Mum" but have no probs with other peole adopting familiar names for their closest relatives. (And it always cracks me up that Joel's family always calls his younger brother 'Bubs' despit ethe fact the poor man is going on 25 and would beat the stuffing out of anyone who called him "Bubs" except, of couse, for his brother and sister. In Joel's family, his name is simply "Bubs", despite having a perfectly good Christian name that everyone else uses - including me) Yowie |
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Annie Wxill wrote:
Mum or Mummy is rarely, if ever used here. I guess it's more a European usage. My sisters and I referred to our mother as "mum", NEVER "mom". And we're not British. I never knew anyone who said "mom" when I was young. That sounded hopelessly pretentious to us. This could be a regional-USA thing. I'm from the Boston area, which has retained a lot of Britishisms from the colonial era, eg, pronouncing words like "bath" as "bahth", "aunt" as "ahnt", etc. And of course, dropping r's - veddy veddy British. On the other hand, we *addressed* our mother as "ma", especially when calling her from another room: "MAAAA!!!!" Not "mama" - just "ma". Don't know where that one came from, but my father used to say we sounded like a bunch of sheep. Since I've been living in California, I've heard a lot more people refer to their mothers as "mom", or call them "mom" when "mom" is visiting. Maybe those people are from the midwest or something. I never knew so many midwesterners before I moved out here. I guess if they want to move to a coast, the west coast is more appealing, at least climatically. All of a sudden I started hearing all these midwestern accents and expressions, which I hardly ever heard living in Boston. Joyce |
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"Mom" and "Mommy" are American. "Mum" and "Mummy" are British. I don't
know why the American terms would bother you. The British ones certainly don't upset me. -- Joy Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else. "David Stevenson" wrote in message ... 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. -- David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 10 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+ SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 1 Y++ L-- W- C+ |
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I still call my 92-year-old mother "Mama", and that's what both my kids
(40 and 46) call me. My brother calls my mother "Mother", which irritates her no end. -- Joy Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else. "Karen" wrote in message ... 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. Karen "David Stevenson" wrote in message ... 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. -- David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 10 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+ SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 1 Y++ L-- W- C+ |
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
... On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:31:08 -0600, "Karen" yodeled: "David Stevenson" wrote in message ... 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 Also, do you promounce it MAma, with the stress on the first syllable (down home- like) or MaMA, with the stress on the second (upper clahss-like). Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) In my family we spell it "Mama" and pronounce it "MAma". Joy |
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"David Stevenson" wrote in message
... Kreisleriana wrote On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:12:00 +0000 (UTC), David Stevenson yodeled: 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". I'm 43 years old, and I refer to "my mom." Exactly what is wrong with that? What you you call your mom? "Mater"? Mum, mummy. I thought I said that? -- David Stevenson Storypage: You did, but you didn't explain what is wrong with "Mom" or "Mommy". Joy |
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"David Stevenson" wrote in message
... 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". -- David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm You said it was annoying and made you sick. That sounds pretty offensive to me. In fact, I found your comment offensive. Joy |
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"Sherry " wrote in message
... 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 My Dad's parents were Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma was not the nicest person in the world, to put it politely. When my first baby was due (I'm older than my siblings), my mother decided she and my Dad would be Gammy and Gampy. That's how my kids still refer to them. Joy |
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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. I know what you mean :-) Perhaps we should take a leaf from the French, who actively seek to protect the French language. They place limits on the amount of non-French "culture" that is in the French media. Mind you, I'd be upset if that meant I'd have to forego re-runs of Frasier ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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Hopitus2 does not watch "little brats" of any origin on tv, but prefers
science fiction pretty much, where no one calls parents anything at all, because there just *ain't any*. Brit actors are rare in sci-fi tv, Patrick Stewart, a Yorkshire boy, excepted. However, my other preference, food channel, proliferates with them. Hopitus2 does not find it annoying that comprehending the nonstop patter of the Naked Chef, Jamie, who once in a long time refers to his "mum", is very difficult and I only understand every few words, because regardless of his origin, he mumbles as well. Still not annoying; he's charming and innovatively clever! There's some old dude who travels around the world, a Brit, who talks kinda like a famous English news commentator of WWII days; he seeks out unusual recipes and foods. Much easier to understand than Jamie (I think he's of a higher class than Jamie....we are aware there *are* and always will be "classes" across the pond) but why should I be annoyed because Brits have "classes", more sophisticated and subtle than India's "caste" system, but still not the USA overt social system. May I offer the fact that high tolerance for annoyance factors will lower one's blood pressure in the long run, generally, and add to one's wellbeing. AFAIK, tv biographies of the English kings of old are extremely fascinating to me, they explain so much of Brit history, but should I get annoyed watching, say, Henry VIII's method of dealing with unwanted wives? Wonder what Henry called his mother.....probably "mum". ROFL. Two USA phrases come to mind re this long thread: either "to each his own".....or..."get over it", hee hee. "Yoj" wrote in message nk.net... : "Mom" and "Mommy" are American. "Mum" and "Mummy" are British. I don't : know why the American terms would bother you. The British ones : certainly don't upset me. : : -- : Joy : : Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else. : : : "David Stevenson" wrote in message : ... : : 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. : : -- : David Stevenson Storypage: : http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm : Liverpool, England, UK Emails : welcome : Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 10 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+ : SC : Minke: SI W+Cp B 1 Y++ L-- W- C+ : : |
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