2007-02-27 04:33:02 · 19 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
None of my childrens friends do, nor the children at the play-school I help, nor any of the children I have listened to as part of the linguistics degree I'm doing, nor bascially any child I've ever met.
Why do you ask ? Do you have any evidence ?
2007-02-27 04:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by chillipope 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have not come across a single instance of any person speaking British English using that awful expression. Most English people use mum (more widespread, but not exclusive to Southern England) or mam (more widespread but again not exclusive to some Northern Counties of England.
2007-02-27 13:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am informed by George (British) that British children generally call their Mothers Mum, not Mom.
2007-02-27 12:37:59 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always called my mum,mum.I wouldn't say its American,as my daughter has called me mom for 38 years. I think mom is a Birmingham thing as everyone i know seems to use the term.I know that trying to buy a mothers day card with mom on it is hard to find,cause my daughter has told me.
Its an interesting question!
2007-02-27 12:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by Dollytot :-) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No- why would they? We have a perfectly good word of our own. And the pronunciation isn't that different as the accents are different. I agree that there are some basic american spellings which are more logical than the English, but I don't think they will change
2007-02-27 12:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by emily_jane2379 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so..
But I've seen some store ads for mothers day like " I love you Mum" or Great MUM" I don't understand neither why they spelled MOM word into MUM as Mummy???
2007-02-27 12:43:05 · answer #6 · answered by laine078 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, never heard a single child say mom
2007-02-27 12:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No!!! I'm fourteen and none of my friends do and i do not! America sucks- why would we ever want to copy them? Anyway they copied our language in the first place
2007-03-03 11:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by Lynn Helven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not mine nor my friends nor my neighbours nor anyone else I know but if they did then I would become Pop
2007-02-27 12:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by deep in thought 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't!!!!!!!
I call my mum mumsy when I want something and mummy all the other times.
2007-03-03 11:46:28 · answer #10 · answered by julie p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋