Why Do Midlands Say Mom?

Why Do Midlands Say Mom?

Brummies just say 'mom'. It's like the way that people from Manchester say 'sound' when they mean 'good'. Or the way Londoners use 'flat' to mean 'extortionately-priced cupboard'. Why god, why?

Why do midlands people say mom?

Mom and Mommy are old-English words, words that are stilled used in Birmingham and most parts of the West Midlands, we all use the term Mom and Mommy never Mum or Mummy, as here the correct spelling is Mom and Mommy has been for hundreds and hundreds of years, when people from the West Midlands went to America all ...

Do people from the Midlands say mom?

Like Birmingham, 'Mom' is what is generally used in the US, with 'Mum' more popular in most of England. But it's popularity in the West Midlands shows it may be a regional pronunciation, maybe influenced by the Brummie accent.

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