If so, what's the story behind it?
I know someone who is as American as Apple Pie and she wants her lo to call her Mum. I have no clue why. I think it's more of a European or Australian term than an American term.
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That's weird. LO doesn't talk yet, but she will not be saying Mum when she does.
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As I mentioned in another thread both my husband and I call our mothers mum. We are from Massachusetts and that's pretty common. I think it probably comes from the fact that there are a LOT of Irish people in the Boston area?
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Two friends of mine (sisters, born and bred Americans who have never even traveled internationally) call their mom “mum” and refer to themselves as “mum”. Honestly, I think it’s really weird and sort of pretentious sounding unless you are British or from somewhere else where mum is common.
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Haha! I'm a kiwi, so when I hear people saying "Mooooom" it really grates on me!
I don't care what my kids call me when I'm not around as long as they never call me Mom to my face
I'll either be Mum, or Mama
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I call my mum, mum! I hope my bambinos call me it as well. I don't actually have a reason for saying it...I'm the only one I know who does but I think it sounds much better, more lilting.
Edited to add- I don't recall when I started calling her mum...I think it developed from mumma. I wasn't aware that people may judge me for this! Seems like such a silly thing to criticize.
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As an American living in the UK, I often joke that our kids will have the most jacked-up accents.
I'd rather our kids call me mom, but the social programming is all to Mum. So, while I'm sure I can control it at first, once he goes to school and gets exposure to more things "Mum" may be inevitable!
I think it's very weird that people with no reason for the use of it would want to use it.
I'll either be Mum, or Mama
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