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Here in th USA we call our mothers mom. Small children often call her mommy.

In England they call their mothers mum. Do small children there call her mummy?

Posted - March 13, 2020

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  • 7795
    I've been calling my mother by her first name since I could talk.
      March 13, 2020 11:24 AM MDT
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  • 44659
    I would often call my mother Ina (Short for Inez).
      March 13, 2020 11:27 AM MDT
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  • 10664
    Only Egyptian children call her mummy.
      March 13, 2020 12:18 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Yes, very young children, or sometimes posh children call their mother mummy.. I am a mummy.. 
      March 13, 2020 2:30 PM MDT
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  • 1305




      March 13, 2020 2:46 PM MDT
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  • Mombie? :P

      March 13, 2020 2:53 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I call /called my mother everything , more so when she use to nick my hooch......Mum,mother,mater ,Ma .....mummy when asking where she is... :)
      March 13, 2020 3:32 PM MDT
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  • 44659
    Your mum pinched your Scotch?
      March 13, 2020 5:19 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    More confiscated until I was in my teens....:( 
      March 13, 2020 6:01 PM MDT
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  • 44659
    What? You're only eight, I thunk.
      March 13, 2020 6:04 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    A lot younger actually...I was only four or five...:( 
      March 13, 2020 6:11 PM MDT
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