What's the difference between mum and Mom?

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1. What's the difference between mum and Mom?
2. Is mum British or American?
3. How do you say Mom in British?
4. Do British say mum instead of ma am?
5. What is mum short for?
6. Does Canada say mom or mum?
7. Do you call your Mom ma?
8. Does Canada say Mom or Mum?
9. What is full form of Mom?
10. What is mother called in America?
11. How do Canadians spell color?
12. Why do British pronounce Z as zed?
13. Is Ma short for mother?
14. What do Scots call their mother?
15. What does M stand for mother?

What's the difference between mum and Mom?

Americans pronounce “mom” as /mɑːm/ (with the same vowel as in “father”), while the British pronounce “mum” as /mʌm/ (with the same vowel as in the word “but”). ...

Is mum British or American?

One word in particular that stands out in English dialects is the word we use for our mothers. The British typically use 'mum', and the Americans, 'mom'. But why is there such a difference in spelling and pronunciation when both nations speak the same language?

How do you say Mom in British?

We have several informal words for “mother” in English: mum (heard in much of England), mom (heard in much of America), and mam (heard in Ireland and Northern England). But are these actually different words, or are they just, in some sense, the same word?

Do British say mum instead of ma am?

What you are hearing is not mum as in mother, but ma'am, contraction of madam, with a strongly reduced vowel. In British English, it is mostly used as a sign of repect for a woman of superior rank, say, in the military or police.

What is mum short for?

The term “mum” is short for chrysanthemum, and this plant is the largest commercially grown flower in the U.S., known as the “Queen of Fall Flowers,” according to FTD.

Does Canada say mom or mum?

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary lists mom as "North American," not merely American. Mum is classified as "British and Canadian" slang.

Do you call your Mom ma?

Forget Mum or Mom, in northern England they usually like calling their mothers Mam. The pronunciation, of course, will vary for Mam whether you're a Northumbrian or Geordie. This term of endearment for mother is also very common in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Ireland Ma is also frequently used instead of Mam.

Does Canada say Mom or Mum?

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary lists mom as "North American," not merely American. Mum is classified as "British and Canadian" slang.

What is full form of Mom?

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What is mother called in America?

Mom and mommy are used in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and parts of the West Midlands including Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Inay, Nanay, Mama, Ma, Mom, Mommy are used in the Philippines.

How do Canadians spell color?

In such words as colour, Canadians generally prefer the British ending ‑our to the American ending ‑or (as in color).

Why do British pronounce Z as zed?

The British and others pronounce “z”, “zed”, owing to the origin of the letter “z”, the Greek letter “Zeta”. This gave rise to the Old French “zede”, which resulted in the English “zed” around the 15th century.

Is Ma short for mother?

Ma is defined as a casual way of saying mother or mom. An example of ma is what a teenager might call his mother.

What do Scots call their mother?

Family words in Scots

	Scots
parents	parentis
father	faither, faether, fayther, feyther, fether
mother	mither, midder
children	childer, bairns, bearns, weans, wanes, weanies

What does M stand for mother?

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