2007-01-11 20:43:07 · 19 answers · asked by darestobelieve 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Maybe just a pronunciation thing, they sometimes change the spelling of a word to reflect how it's pronounced, and yes they do seem to drop a lot of 'U's from their words.
I don't necessarily agree ;-), but some people say that a lot of English words have to be simplified like Doughnut - Donut, Hiccough - Hiccup, Cheque - Check. This seems to happen especially for scientific words. Foetus - Fetus, Anaesthetic - Anesthetic, Phial - Vial. Certainly a lot of US spellings are more phonetically correct.
2007-01-11 21:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It probably originated from the same exact word, but overtime as the American dialect starting coming into the picture, and things started being slurred, it was probably something that was just easier to say. Either that or I might just be an idiot, but thats my best guess
2007-01-11 20:53:59 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I say 'mum'-though I grew up in America,since I've lived here,I've picked up ceratin words and phrases,obviously. My boyfriend,born and raised in Solihull,says 'Mom'. My daughter has recently started saying 'mom'-though she previously always said 'mum'.
At the end of the day,it means the same thing-so what does it matter?
2007-01-11 21:02:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
That's weird. I'm American, but I say mum. I could never pronounce mom. It's too hard.
2007-01-11 21:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by Penelope 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What's with all the 'We' crap. I'm from the North East of England and I call my mother Mam - if I did call her Mum she'd kick me in the crown jewels. In some parts of Scotland it's Maw. Different areas have different words for loads of things.
2007-01-11 20:47:36 · answer #5 · answered by mark 7 · 10⤊ 0⤋
I'm from the West Midlands and we all say 'Mom' not 'Mum'. It does depend where in the country you come from!
2007-01-11 21:05:10 · answer #6 · answered by kooky85 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
People in Birmingham (UK, for clarification) also say Mom. It was very strange to my ears at first, but, like anything, you soon get used to it. I find it better than Mam!
2007-01-11 20:48:07 · answer #7 · answered by Roxy 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
they do here as well "when my ex took the kids to live in linconshire " my little girl after about 6 months started calling my ex mom " i was horrified , (comming from the east-end)
2007-01-11 20:50:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the North West of England we say "Mam"
2007-01-12 12:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Sam 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mom is pronounced mam in USA. mam would be pronounced meam (maam) . I'm from Wales and we call our mothers Mam.
mum is never used.Horses for courses...vive la difference!
2007-01-11 21:00:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋