I'd be interested to hear people's views on this
How do you address your mother?
Most languages have formal ways of addressing ones mother like "Dear mother" and informal ways like "Mom", "Mum", "Mommy", "Mummy" "Mama", "mama mia" 'mutti" etc. That seems to be almost universal in languages.
The Americans use mom, the English and Welsh use mum, the Scots use ma, and the Geordies use mam.
For referring to mothers in general, in the NAE dialect here, "mother" is the formal term, "mom" is the normal term in everyday speech, and "mommy" is a diminuitive used at times by almost invariably younger kids.
For referring to one's own mom, "mother" is very formal and may have negative connotations in various usages, "mom" is the normal term used, and "mommy" is likewise used by primarily younger kids, albeit more frequently than when referring to mothers in general. Furthermore, as a form of address or when speaking in the presence of one's own mother, "mother" is markedly negative in connotation and generally has a rather derisive tone in such usages.
One note though is that one can effectively replace "mother", "mom", and "mommy" with "father", "dad", and "daddy" here, and all of the above still applies as such.
For referring to one's own mom, "mother" is very formal and may have negative connotations in various usages, "mom" is the normal term used, and "mommy" is likewise used by primarily younger kids, albeit more frequently than when referring to mothers in general. Furthermore, as a form of address or when speaking in the presence of one's own mother, "mother" is markedly negative in connotation and generally has a rather derisive tone in such usages.
One note though is that one can effectively replace "mother", "mom", and "mommy" with "father", "dad", and "daddy" here, and all of the above still applies as such.
I would say Mum, but some people around Manchester say Mam. In Wigan people call their mother "Mam" and call their Grandmother "Mum". People in the South of England say Mumsie- OK, maybe not all of them.
I think mumsie wouldn't be liked by my mother who has always preferred Mummy and I'm only used to referring to her as that. I guess it's more endearing than mum or mother and sounds more pleasant.
I usually call my mother 'mumby' well just to piss her off actually =)
For other times I call her 'mum' or 'mummy' if I'm wanting something.
For other times I call her 'mum' or 'mummy' if I'm wanting something.
My mother is (well was, since she died because she drank deodorant) I used to call her a crack whore. Which is identical to how my kids call me!
Why? Because I am!!! :-)
Why? Because I am!!! :-)
The post above wasn't me. Though I'm a slut who sucks Putin's dick for a couple of Rubbles so I can get me a couple of cans of deodorant.