Mother's Day

I think you and Andee are right. Perhaps it is a regional/Boston thing. When I talk to my mother I call her 'Ma' or 'Mum.' If I'm talking about her to someone else, I refer to her as 'my mother.' I've never called her 'Mom.' I also have 'ahnts' instead of 'ants.' I always picture the insect when people talk about their 'ants.' 

I'm from NY (but lived most of my life in Maryland before college) and my mom is from rural Georgia, and we both say 'ahnt', or 'awhnt' to be more precise. We also say grandma and grandmother. So I'm not sure that it's a regional thing. Though I have to say, I also think of the insect when people say 'ant'!

Too funny, I was born and grew up on the Mass/NH border. My mom is mom, my grandmother was grammy,my mom is called mammy by all her grandchildren because my son (the first grandchild) couldn't say grammy, and my daughter has always called me momma. Oh...and ants are little creatures that invade picnics!

My mother had called her mother Ma (which she hated if applied to herself  ) but I notice that my son now calls me Ma.  Well, usually "MA!!!" when shouting up the stairs. 
I had a grammy and grampy, although I used to call him "Grand-feathers". I think that was because he had  a little bristly mustache 

I'm from NY (but lived most of my life in Maryland before college) and my mom is from rural Georgia, and we both say 'ahnt', or 'awhnt' to be more precise. We also say grandma and grandmother. So I'm not sure that it's a regional thing. Though I have to say, I also think of the insect when people say 'ant'!

To be clear, I wasn't saying that  'awhnt' is exclusively a Boston thing. I was mostly referring to the use of 'Mum' and 'Ma' instead of 'Mom.' I don't think that's exclusively a Boston thing either, I just find it more widely used there than in other parts of the country. Also, I think 'grandma' and 'grandmother' are used widely in the US and probably most English speaking countries. 

My mother had called her mother Ma (which she hated if applied to herself  ) but I notice that my son now calls me Ma.  Well, usually "MA!!!" when shouting up the stairs. 
I had a grammy and grampy, although I used to call him "Grand-feathers". I think that was because he had  a little bristly mustache 

 

My grandparents were called ‘Nana and Papa’ and ‘Grandma' (more like Gramma) and Grandpa.' Both my parents called their mothers ‘Ma’ and I followed their lead. My mother has never expressed a dislike for it, but she used to hate things like this...

Family Guy - Lois Mom Mum Mommy

My family is in upstate New York and I'm called Mom, (used to be Mommy  ) my Mom is called Mom and DH's Mom is Mum to him and Mom to me, I just can't get my mouth around the word Mum!
Though my son does call me Mummy when he is trying to be funny  
All the Aunts in our family are called 'ants' & I am an 'Antie' in England and its Grandma/Grandpa on my side and DS call's his grandparents in Long Island, Nana & PopPop.
I find it interesting to see what families call their relations in different parts of the country/world 

My family is in upstate New York and I'm called Mom, (used to be Mommy  ) my Mom is called Mom and DH's Mom is Mum to him and Mom to me, I just can't get my mouth around the word Mum!

All the Aunts in our family are called 'ants' & I am an 'Antie' in England and its Grandma/Grandpa on my side and DS call's his grandparents in Long Island, Nana & PopPop.
I find it interesting to see what families call their relations in different parts of the country/world 

Yeah, my DH refers to all of his aunts as Auntie. I think it's cute. PopPop is adorable. 

PopPop is adorable.  

My grandfather on my dad's side was PopPop.  He used to buy us loads of books when we were kids including (who remembers these?) Pop-up books.  We called them Pop-Pop books!

I used to call him "Grand-feathers". I think that was because he had  a little bristly mustache  

Very cute!

My grandfather on my Mom's side was Zada (Jewish) and both grandmothers were Bubby (Jewish) but my Dad's mom hated being called Bubby as she thought it was old-fashioned and made her sound old.  She wanted us to call her Mom-Mom but we never did.  She always signed every card 'Mom-Mom' though.  We differentiated between the two Bubbies by calling the one Philadelphia Bubby and the other Atlantic City Bubby (where they lived, obviously).

I have always written "Mom" because that's how I thought it was spelt growing up, but we have always called her "Mum" - but if I write an email or card to her, it's always been "Momma".   My Daddy is well, Daddy! 

J 's Mum always writes "Mam" on cards, but J calls her "Mum".   

I have a Gramps - and had a Nana, Grandma, and Grandpa. 

My parents- as grandparents are Papa and Grandma.  My Dad was going to be a Gramps, but my nephew had other ideas when he was learning to talk,  and just wanted to call him Papa.  So that stuck. 

My aunt's grandkids call her "Mee-Maw" (from another early talking day) which I think is fun!! 

I have a Mom and Dad. 

I also have Grandmas and Grandpas... collectively, they are my Grandfolks.    Grandparents just seems too formal to use for them.    To differentiate, I use their last names (so Grandma Smith or Grandma Jones).  When we went to visit them, we said we were going to 'the beach' to visit the set of grandparent who live on the beach.    The other set was referred to first by the town they live on, then the street they lived on when they moved so we remembered to go to the new house. 

Usually, when writing, I call them G'ma and G'pa or G'folks and I call myself their Grand-baby. 

On a funny (kind of related) note, my brother's wife came into the marriage with a puppy, so I decided my brother is a 'dog-father'. 

My aunt just reminded me that my father called their grandfather 'Gumpy' while she (about 12 years younger) called the grandfather "Papa". I remember "Mama" and "Papa" being used in the family -- but pronounced "Mumma" and "Puppa".

Same aunt as above was dubbed by her grandchildren "G-Ram"!!  No danger of sounding old with that one.  A cousin is "Mimi" to her grandkids.