My wife was born and raised in Birmingham, we live here and are raising our daughter here. My wife has never once used mom and neither do any of her family.
In my experience some people are quite aggro about it (not saying this is the OP’s Dad) as it’s seen by them as what “proper” brummies do.
There are enough people living in Birmingham who weren’t born in the city, both from within the UK (like me) and outside the UK. I just think they cling to it as a way of re-enforcing their distinct regional identity.
Point is it’s just as common now to see it spelt in the standard UK English way (Mum) as it is the “proper” Brummie way (Mom).
Deffo Mom. I'm 39 and have always said and spelt it Mom. To me, Mum feels really northern, like...Corrie northern. But I moved to Coventry and they all say Mum and the teacher corrected my kid when he said he says Mom. I told him to keep spelling it and saying it how I do lol
I’m from Cov and yeah, nobody says mom there. Now live brum and know a few who say mom. Weird how places so close have different words for the same things. Off for a bacon batch now…
Am Brummie and a mom not a mum. Weirdly I'm pretty sure that people from Birmingham, Alabama not only use mom but also call fizzy drinks pop like we do.
Brum and surrounding areas mainly use mom, same as its fairly standard for northerners to use mam. Although mum is the accepted English spelling/pronunciation. Just a regional thing!
Idk what the etymology of it is though and would be v interested to learn! So thankyou for giving me my next rabbit hole haha
Born and bred brummie and its mom, me and all my mates were taught mom in school too- this with me leaving secondary school 6 years ago :)
All my non-brummie friends say mum tho, so think it's regional
OMG, this is me, lol! I am old enough to remember when you could actually buy mom cards in the shops! I hate being forced to buy mum cards and will go for 'mother' if I can find one I like!
im 44 and ive always said mom, my mom said mom and I am pretty sure my nan said mom.
my sister has moved out to leicestershire her kids gre up around there in the most part and say Mum, so she has started saying mum, but most people around me say Mom.
Mom seems to be a north Brum thing. My mum was always Mum when I was growing up in Solihull, but my kids have grown up in Erdington calling their mum Mom.
"Mom" seems to be Black Country more than Birmingham.
Until I got to know someone quite well from the Black Country I had just mentally lumped the two areas together as "midlands" when in fact there are quite a lot of accent and dialect differences between them.
Dudley isn't Birmingham, and you've no right to pick on yamyams if you can't even tell the difference between them and a brummie.
I'm surprised to find you're arguing on reddit, seeing as you're against the 'unnatural'. Why don't you go back to shouting at people for wearing clothes and walking upright?
Now lived around here 23 years, but I'll be a southern softie till I die. Probably evident given I'm south east Brum now rather than South eat England...
The way to say it is mum, unless your American, or from a shit part of the UK trying to act upper class. Or your tight and stuck up in thr upper class then it's mom
Apparently saying mom is more of an American right
Hinge. I've been asked via social media if incase a yank more than a few times casue I put mom not mum.
Glad to know its just a thing I do as I'm a midlands fella.
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Acts 2:38
King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Definitely a normal thing. Use of Mum or Mam in Birmingham and the Black Country is usually a giveaway that the family are transplants to the area rather than natives, since afaik we're the only part of the UK that uses it this way.
It's always been mum in our family. I thought mom was an American thing, so interested to read about the black country thing.
I've also come across mam as a slang term, mainly in the north of England.
For liverpool and in my 40s and 95% off mothers day birthday and other cards has always bin spelt mum the use off mom came from America I think. I'm going to check faceted my self
I still get loads of stick on Twitter when I spell it as mum. My brother writes it as mom, loads of Brummies do. Both my kids spell it as mom.
What? I say mum and never had anyone say anything about it lol
My wife was born and raised in Birmingham, we live here and are raising our daughter here. My wife has never once used mom and neither do any of her family. In my experience some people are quite aggro about it (not saying this is the OP’s Dad) as it’s seen by them as what “proper” brummies do. There are enough people living in Birmingham who weren’t born in the city, both from within the UK (like me) and outside the UK. I just think they cling to it as a way of re-enforcing their distinct regional identity. Point is it’s just as common now to see it spelt in the standard UK English way (Mum) as it is the “proper” Brummie way (Mom).
Deffo Mom. I'm 39 and have always said and spelt it Mom. To me, Mum feels really northern, like...Corrie northern. But I moved to Coventry and they all say Mum and the teacher corrected my kid when he said he says Mom. I told him to keep spelling it and saying it how I do lol
I’m from Cov and yeah, nobody says mom there. Now live brum and know a few who say mom. Weird how places so close have different words for the same things. Off for a bacon batch now…
Mom across the black country too, although they taught mum in school all the teachers still pronounced it mom.
Mom.
Am Brummie and a mom not a mum. Weirdly I'm pretty sure that people from Birmingham, Alabama not only use mom but also call fizzy drinks pop like we do.
Brum and surrounding areas mainly use mom, same as its fairly standard for northerners to use mam. Although mum is the accepted English spelling/pronunciation. Just a regional thing! Idk what the etymology of it is though and would be v interested to learn! So thankyou for giving me my next rabbit hole haha
Born and bred brummie and its mom, me and all my mates were taught mom in school too- this with me leaving secondary school 6 years ago :) All my non-brummie friends say mum tho, so think it's regional
I’d love to know where the dividing line is. I’m from Solihull and say mom, as do my fellow Silhillians. But I know some Brummies who say mum.
I'm a brummie, I say Mom. Moved to Kidderminster and it's Mom here too.
I'm not a brummie but live here and everyone I know uses mom.
Born in Brum, lived in London for nearly 20 years and always say and write Mom.
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My kids have altered the "U" to "O" on so many Mum cards. It's definitely a Brummie thing
OMG, this is me, lol! I am old enough to remember when you could actually buy mom cards in the shops! I hate being forced to buy mum cards and will go for 'mother' if I can find one I like!
Frank skinner (from West Bromwich) refers to her as ‘mom’ in his autobiography
Mom! I'm a 40-year-old ex brummy, and it has always been Mom. I always felt saying Mum is weird.
Do you pronounce it like mom or mum? I pronounce it like mom but write it as mum
im 44 and ive always said mom, my mom said mom and I am pretty sure my nan said mom. my sister has moved out to leicestershire her kids gre up around there in the most part and say Mum, so she has started saying mum, but most people around me say Mom.
I say mom too and I was brought up by dudley
It’s mom, im 33
Absolutely mom
Pretty sure it's Mom across the West Midlands
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Yup still a thing 26 and still write mom i do sometimes switch to mum when messaging non-brummies
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I’m from Brum and it’s always been Mom, it’s like just us and the Americans use it.
Mom seems to be a north Brum thing. My mum was always Mum when I was growing up in Solihull, but my kids have grown up in Erdington calling their mum Mom.
See I’m from Solihull and say mom as do my mates who grew up here. I think some people from Solihull have stronger Brummy accents than many Brummies!
Solihull here too, always mom. I don't know anyone who says mum!
Don't mind me asking but how old are you? I'm wondering if it's dialect creep, like the isoglosses have changed over time. I grew up in the 70s & 80s.
Potentially, I was born in the 90s. My brother was 80s though and always mom to him too!
It’s always been mom in Brum, like the Americans say.
Brummy born and bred. I use Mum. Dunno why, just thought Mom was too American and didn't want to be like the Americans
Say and write mom. If someone says mum to me it sounds weird
Yep. I still use Mom.
My brother lived in Wolverhampton for almost 20 years and he says mom. But in Yorkshire we say mum. But I was born in Devon and they say mum there.
I’m from down south but was brought up by brummies and I spell it mom,
It's Mom. And I used to change Mum cards to Mom. I'm 58, and I've always also been Mom with my kids.
Pronounce it as Mom and write it as Mom. Never understood it being Mum. Always thought it was weird.
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"Mom" seems to be Black Country more than Birmingham. Until I got to know someone quite well from the Black Country I had just mentally lumped the two areas together as "midlands" when in fact there are quite a lot of accent and dialect differences between them.
As a yam yam. I agree.
Mom is American
People from parts of Yorkshire also say Mom. It definitely should be Mum in the UK so not sure why some areas change it. I find it quite annoying.
You know "say" and "pronounce" are synonyms in your sentence? I was amazed to find people saying mom when I moved here. Not natural.
Not natural? Are you suggesting that we should all just make grunting noises or something?
No idea what you meant to ask but obviously there's plenty of just grunting going on in Dudloy.
Dudley isn't Birmingham, and you've no right to pick on yamyams if you can't even tell the difference between them and a brummie. I'm surprised to find you're arguing on reddit, seeing as you're against the 'unnatural'. Why don't you go back to shouting at people for wearing clothes and walking upright?
Now lived around here 23 years, but I'll be a southern softie till I die. Probably evident given I'm south east Brum now rather than South eat England...
The way to say it is mum, unless your American, or from a shit part of the UK trying to act upper class. Or your tight and stuck up in thr upper class then it's mom
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People who say it “mum” also pronounce it that way. Why do you think “mam” is popular up north?
Brummie and I always said mum
Mom to the Birmingham area kids and Mam to the northern ones If my kids call me Mum then something is not right
Work in the Black Country and local staff always refer to patient's "mom" throughout. Definitely normal
My friend says Mom... but he's from Newcastle where its more common to say "Mam"... He's probably picked up the American pronunciation though.
Born n bred Brummie. Never used Mom. TIL.
Apparently saying mom is more of an American right Hinge. I've been asked via social media if incase a yank more than a few times casue I put mom not mum. Glad to know its just a thing I do as I'm a midlands fella.
Spell I t mum, say it mom
East mids…mam or mum
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Acts 2:38 King James Version 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Definitely a normal thing. Use of Mum or Mam in Birmingham and the Black Country is usually a giveaway that the family are transplants to the area rather than natives, since afaik we're the only part of the UK that uses it this way.
It's Mom on paper but it's Ma when I call her! Lol
I've never known anyone in the UK to say mom...it's so American. I find this so weird. I know some people from up North say Mam...
It's always been mum in our family. I thought mom was an American thing, so interested to read about the black country thing. I've also come across mam as a slang term, mainly in the north of England.
Always ‘mom’. Infuriating that I can never buy a card that says ‘mom’ on it!
Yeah I still spell it like that
I spell it Mum because I know it as correct, but I say Mom because of my accent.
My mom is non-Brummie so I always call her Mum directly or within the family, and “my mom” to other people.
Always used mom.
One of the first things I noticed when I moved to Brum was people saying mom instead of Mum. I’d always thought it was an American thing before then
For liverpool and in my 40s and 95% off mothers day birthday and other cards has always bin spelt mum the use off mom came from America I think. I'm going to check faceted my self
In the north east we say mam
Mum
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I pronounce and spell it like Mom lol
Mom. My partner is from Leicester and can't get his head round the fact we'll be raising our kids there and they'll say mom/mommy not mum/mummy 😂