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Why does UK say mum and US say mom?
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I was just wondering.
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i guess its just the way pronounce it.
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What about Color and colour?
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Because Americans changed our language (English language) for some reason.


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just like the say dont say the letter z like we do its just something they say different
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its called different dialect, people change words to their liking.
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Mum to me (I'm american) makes it sound like I'm British no offense so maybe we wanted to make it so all other countries know we come from America?
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That's the same as saying why do we spell it as "Colour" and you use "Color" it's stupid in my opinion.
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im scottish and i say "MA"
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Im from UK and i say Mom maybe its just where u from some parts in UK say Mom ,some say Mum some say Ma
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