'Mama'

[Deleted User] · 14/11/14 - 15:38

Has anyone else noticed the surge of mothers referring to themselves as 'mama' instead of mum or mummy? It seems to have really gained momentum since the inception of Instagram and virtually all bloggers who have children are 'mamas' not 'mums'.

It just seems so affected.

jsmith99 · 14/11/14 - 15:59

While I'm not keen on 'mum' or 'mummy' either, they're both far better than the hideous 'mom'. In the north-east it was always 'mam' or 'mammy'.

shackfan · 14/11/14 - 16:02

Have you noticed the rise in strangers criticising what other strangers do, call themselves, wear etc?

flowerpowa · 14/11/14 - 16:05

Mum or Mam, depends on which part of Britain you come from, both mean a lot to the individual person.

DaisyBill · 14/11/14 - 16:09

flowerpowa wrote: »

Mum or Mam, depends on which part of Britain you come from, both mean a lot to the individual person.

Or Mom, traditionally used in Bimingham. I'm sure that means a lot to the mothers and children there.

flowerpowa · 14/11/14 - 16:13

DaisyBill wrote: »

Or Mom, traditionally used in Bimingham. I'm sure that means a lot to the mothers and children there.

Always thought Mom was an American version, there you go, you learn something new everyday.:)

swingaleg · 14/11/14 - 16:18

...........just killed a man.......

duckylucky · 14/11/14 - 16:19

indie.star wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed the surge of mothers referring to themselves as 'mama' instead of mum or mummy? It seems to have really gained momentum since the inception of Instagram and virtually all bloggers who have children are 'mamas' not 'mums'.

It just seems so affected.

Does it matter that much to you what other call their mother ? Mama is a lovely term and I cant see the problem

DaisyBill · 14/11/14 - 16:33

flowerpowa wrote: »

Always thought Mom was an American version, there you go, you learn something new everyday.:)

I know, I learnt it from this forum a couple of years ago. Just shows how educational DSpy is.

Electra · 14/11/14 - 16:34

jsmith99 wrote: »

While I'm not keen on 'mum' or 'mummy' either, they're both far better than the hideous 'mom'. In the north-east it was always 'mam' or 'mammy'.

Not in my house. I am a Mum & I had a Mum.

Caxton · 14/11/14 - 16:42

Mammy = American

"Swanee"

Swanee, how I love you, how I love you
My dear old Swanee
I'd give the world to be among the folks in
D-I-X-I-E-ven now my mammy's waiting for me
Praying for me, down by the Swanee
The folks up north will see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore

Swanee, Swanee,
I'm coming back to Swanee
Mammy, mammy,
I love the old folks at home

I love you Swanee
How I love you, how I love you
My dear old Swanee
I'd give the world if I could only be
Sitting on my mammy's knee
I love the old folks, I love the young folks
[incomprehensible:] mammy, mammy
My dear old mammy
The folks up north will see me no more
When I get to that Swanee shore

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rufuswainwright/swanee.html

MidnightFalcon · 14/11/14 - 16:45

....Put a gun against his head...

Pitman · 14/11/14 - 16:46

I like 'ma'

made famous by James Cagney and Nick Cotton :cool:

burton07 · 14/11/14 - 16:51

Funnily enough I was just thinking about this the other day and I was going to start a thread on the subject. There was a play on the radio and the characters had Northern accents. They referred to their Mother as "Mum" pronounced "Moom" My Mother was from Lancashire and she always referred to herself, and signed herself, "Mam". My daughter-in-law is from the North-East and she uses the term "Mam" too. I don't think any regional accent uses the term "Moom".

annette kurten · 14/11/14 - 17:01

my grandchildren have it in their range along with mummy, mum and ma, they just say it naturally.

annette kurten · 14/11/14 - 17:02

Pitman wrote: »

I like 'ma' made famous by James Cagney and Nick Cotton :cool:

my kids call me ma a lot.

benjamini · 14/11/14 - 17:21

My daughter calls me Mumma. No idea why. My children called their granny Mamma as it was easier than grandma when they were little. Grampa was bampa . Who cares really ?

Avidian · 14/11/14 - 17:40

Pitman wrote: »

I like 'ma' made famous by James Cagney and Nick Cotton :cool:

and petertard

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/member.php?u=256367

InMyArms · 14/11/14 - 17:43

...pulled my trigger now he's dead...

Bermondseybrick · 14/11/14 - 18:00

http://youtu.be/cNkp4QF3we8

Takae · 14/11/14 - 18:03

Oh, god. One of my son's friends once took to calling me Mama-san. I put the foot down when his other friends started using it. They didn't know it wasn't complimentary, bless them.

I used Mama to address mine until I was too old for it (approx. 10 years old), so it's Mum since. All my older brothers always use Mother, though.

My kids use Mum. And when my oldest's being sarcastic (e.g.. pissed off), Mummy.

Pea1 · 14/11/14 - 18:11

I call my mother Mam, my son calls me Mum, it depends where you were brought up.
If I am referring to my Mam in the third person to my siblings I, and they call her Mama, with a definition on the Ma.

[Deleted User] · 14/11/14 - 18:15

I'm not talking about dialects as in 'Mam' in Wales or the North East or 'Mom' in Birmingham.

There just seems to be a certain 'type' of person who gets their kids to call them 'Mama'.

I'm fully aware that I'm being judgemental but this is DS after all!

[Deleted User] · 14/11/14 - 18:16

duckylucky wrote: »

Does it matter that much to you what other call their mother ? Mama is a lovely term and I cant see the problem

I'm guessing your children call you Mama then? Sorry.

Malcolm_Reed · 14/11/14 - 18:17

... Mama ... life had just begun...

degsyhufc · 14/11/14 - 18:28

Caxton wrote: »

Mammy = American

= Irish
in my family

Hey there!

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