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Jan Boomsliter wrote about the usage of "mom" for "mother":
>Do adults in all regions of the
>country call their mothers "Mom?"
. . .
>At first I thought it was habit, born of being with
>their own children. Finally, I concluded that it was a California-ism,
>somewhat like the Southern custom of adults refering to their fathers
>as "Daddy."
I don't think this "mom" usage is a California regionalism.
I was born and raised in New York, and the "mom" usage was standard there.
This may have been due to a couple of factors. First, the informality of
"mom" seemed to suit the spirit of the times when referring to any mother.
Second, during my teenage years, an all-too-common expletive began with the
word "mother".
I always preferred "mom". ("Hi, Mom! Look, I'm on international Internet!")
Live long & prosper,
Mike LaTorra
Documentation Supervisor
Accugraph Inc.
mikel -at- accugraph -dot- com
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