The 7 maps here show how people in the UK and Ireland refer to their mothers. From Mum to Mom and everything in between. Full credit to Star Key comics for creating all of them.
Not from the UK, or think we got something wrong? Then leave us a comment below:
Melissa says
Where’s the admittedly little know, Bristolian ‘muhh’?
JM says
Sheffielder here – many of us say “mom” rather than mum.
In Barnsley, it’s mam.
N Marsh says
Quite right. We say “Mom” and “Mommy” in and around Brummagem. It’s common at least as far west as Telford even among people born in Shropshire (as well as Birmingham émigrés).
Colin Townsend says
Black Country/Brummie bod here. I most definitely had a mom, as did she and her mom going back heaven knows how long. It’s most definitely not an ‘import’ from the US. We exported it there.
Sheffield also has a strong ‘mom’ community too, which is always left out of these maps.