I did not see your comment before I replied above but I made a similar point. However, Canada is not alone for the Australian accent is the same across the continent, a land mass the same size as the continental US. One of the easiest ways to differentiate the two is to focus on the British English spelling of the word “mum”.

American English, perhaps a shortening of mommy; also see mamma. Adjectival phrase mom and pop dates from 1951. Between 1350 and 1400, the Middle English word “momme,” which roughly translates as “do not reveal” or “be silent,” shortened to “mum.” This variation predates its usage to refer to one’s mother, and many adopted it across England. They are most definitely not two different languages anymore than French Canadians are speaking a different language to the French. They may be speaking an older version of French but it remains French. Americans may speak in what equates to regional colloquial English at times but it remains English. In general, the spelling “mum” is more commonly used in Australia. This has an abundance to do with a heavy British influence on Australia, especially considering they are a part of the British Commonwealth. Also, because of their accent, Australian’s pronounce “mum” as sounding like an extended “mummm”. The English will pronounce mum as / mʌm/, meaning they use the short “u” sound as in “bus,”“but,” and “hum.”Whether you understand the IPA symbols above or not, the point is that in these three dialects, the words are quite close in pronunciation. To be fair, there are some regions where this is not the case. In the Western US, for example, mom is often more clearly “ mawm.” Still, is it possible that mom and mum and mam began as different spellings rather than different words? Since these words have the same meanings, it can be difficult to remember when to use mum or mom. Only mum is an adjective, so that is an easy choice. Eventually John got kind of grabby and began touching my husband and they had a weird moment but it was cut short and Ryan got out and went inside, leaving John alone in the pool. Tense times I think about being in the hospital,” I whispered to the ceiling. “I think how great it would be to break both my legs because then someone else would have to care for Hope and no one would blame me.” I held my breath, waiting for the earth to engulf me for exposing this terrible secret. Interestingly, though, these words may have even older origins. The word ‘mama’ appears in some form in dozens of languages, including Mandarin, Hindi and Arabic. This is because simple noises like ‘mama’ and ‘papa’ are among most babies’ first vocalisations. We imagine ‘mama’ means ‘feed me’ most of the time.

Here we look at some of the best funeral poems for mum, from religious and non-religious poems to shorter quotes you might like to use. This beautiful Mother’s Day quote has been adapted from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and could be a perfect funeral poem for mum. A Heart So Large — a verse written by Mark Twain I’m reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women right now. Throughout the book, the March sisters refer to their mother as “marmee.” This looks like an odd term of endearment until you remember that Alcott grew up (and set her book in) Eastern Massachusetts. Given that her accent was probably non-rhotic (i.e. she dropped her r’s), “marmee” is essentially a different way of writing modern-day mommy. There, “mam” and “mamma” developed into “mom” and “momma.” For more on this, read our article, “ Momma or Mama: Which Spelling is Correct?”Something about ‘at least we know Ryan is clean and he’s a great guy for John to sleep with and stay safe.’ Numbers tell us that MUM is 1000 times more powerful than BERT, so will MUM always know best? It undoubtedly would seem that this changes the face of search and SEO as we know it in 2021. What you need to do These are just some examples, and there are many more. It’s no wonder tourists get confused. The Evolution of “Mom” and “Mum” A year later, Mom’s breast cancer from decades past returned and I was pregnant again; it seemed that my Midwest roots and our moms were calling us home. My husband found work in Kansas City and we bought a house that was a 10-minute drive from Mom and Teri, our three homes forming an imperfect triangle on the map. Mom quietly began chemo treatments, and the grandmas traded off watching Hope and our new son, Gabriel, while I worked part-time as a freelance magazine and web editor. Brazier’s likability is partly because he seems so unselfconscious, even when going into his woo-woo interests. This seems to have more in common with his mother’s era of fame than the more cynical brand-building exercises of today’s blossoming celebrities. “I think what’s appealing about him is what appealed about his mother, which is a sort of ingenue innocence,” says the journalist Jacques Peretti, author of Edge of Reality: Journeys Through the Rabbit Hole of Reality Television. Cave agrees: “Jade wore her heart on her sleeve and was unflinchingly honest at all times – she never once pretended to be anyone she wasn’t. She would ask questions constantly, like a five-year-old trying to understand the world.”