Mum Ma Mother Mummy

Ray   Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:25 pm GMT
What is the preferred word for the majority of English people when addressing a mother's day/birthday card
Guest   Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:30 pm GMT
bitch
Alicia   Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:28 pm GMT
Mum, I think. At least that's what we learn and read (in novels, etc.) here.
Tim   Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:28 pm GMT
Mum is proabably the most common usage, although my mother prefers Mummy which I don't have a problem with as it's more endearing and mother is too formal.
jax   Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:44 pm GMT
mi madre
Guest   Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:45 pm GMT
MAMMA MIA!
jax   Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:47 pm GMT
Mutter
Guest   Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:50 pm GMT
its Bitch!!!
Antonio   Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:03 pm GMT
A friend of mine prefers hag. though bitch should too be ok...
and there is bag too... for those kids who can´t bear the burden of having mothers.Feel an asylum tweak in that.
As to me, I use mum.
j   Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:19 pm GMT
What's a difference btw mum and mom? Only the spelling?
Carthage   Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:36 pm GMT
j: yeah - the former is used in the UK and Oceania, whereas the latter is used in North America.

Personally, Mum/Mummy has...creepy, unwholesome connotations. Mom/Mommy actually sounds more affectionate.
Candy   Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:49 pm GMT
<<Personally, Mum/Mummy has...creepy, unwholesome connotations.>>

Huh??
j   Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:56 pm GMT
Candy:<<Personally, Mum/Mummy has...creepy, unwholesome connotations.>>
Huh??

mummy = mummified corpse
Hainshenspiekensh   Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:47 pm GMT
Was dieses ganzes dumme ist, sprechen Sie über Mutter und die unterschiedlichen Weisen des Sagens es, es scheint, daß Sie Halteseile nicht die besseren Sachen zum Sprechen haben. Ich wundere mich, warum dieses Forum diesem viel Unsinn erlauben. Wir Deutsche nennen es Mutter und für jedermann, das es nicht mag, gehen zu schlafen. Deutscher ist die beste Sprache in der Welt, ich lieben es gerade.
Guest   Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:01 pm GMT
<Personally, Mum/Mummy has...creepy, unwholesome connotations. Mom/Mommy actually sounds more affectionate.>

*pfft* *sigh*

Could the UK spelling origin from the Dutch word 'mummie'? Also I think the Germans spell it similiar.