Why do Brits call their queen "Mom?"

It's how Brits pronounce ma'am. Short for madam.

Why did the Prince marry a horse?

If you’re thinking of “the Queen Mum,” that was the current Queen’s mother, not the Queen herself (well the Mum had also been Queen, just not anymore).

Americans say mom, Brits say mum — And the Queen is addressed first with "Your Majesty", and later in conversation it's custom to address her with "Ma'am". NOT "Madam".

Why did OP go off her meds again?

“Mums the word.” I always wondered where that term came From.

Without getting into this argument again, there are far more British accents than receive exposure.

Some say 'mum', some say 'mom', some say 'mam'.

It's actually "Mam" as in "jam". You use Your Majesty upon being introduced, and then it's Ma'am.

As in jam.

Bond calls M Mum. It's garbled Ma'am.

And yet another profoundly stupid, smug, condescending thread by a witless Yank who knows nothing about Britain, but is anxious to despise us.

By the way, as most of us have never and will never meet her, we call her . . .

The Queen.

And after she is raptured, no longer to reign o'er us, the Ma'am as in jam will become "Sir" after a first greeting.

That sound "tribal" to you, too, you moron?

Quite racistly, the required pronunciation is different depending on who you are.

British subjects are obligated to address her Majesty as "Mom."

Americans and Canadians are told to say "Ma'am as in jam."

Presumably the Palace figured out at some point that the Yanks were mocking them in private and acquiesced to a slight change in protocol.

R9, basic reading comprehension is required for DL.

R8 come sit next to me.

R4 Madame in the UK exclusively refers to female pimps, I think. I remember some snarky remarks when the U.S. almost had our "Madam President."

R8 God forbid anybody have a laugh.

R6 I had a French colleague who spoke English quite well but not fluently. When he was a student he bullshit his way into a job translating subtitles for American movies. One film's line of dialogue "Mum's the word!". He translated it as "c'est maman!".

R12 not true. Brits tend to affectionately call spoiled brat little girls "she's a real little Madame".

R15 Well! Madam President, indeed, then.

"Mam as in ham, not mom as in farm" is what comes to mind...

R18 - The thread wasn't put up for a "laugh". No one but a complete eejit would have put that "sounds tribal" phrase in if it had been.

DLers are generally better at witty titles than that.

When I taught you to call me Ma'amie Dearest, subjects....I wanted you to MEAN IT.

R18 No we aren't. When Mom dies the thread will be titled "Lizzie Windsor is DEAD TO ME." Predictable beyond belief.

Then why do they call her Mammy Eisenhower?

R21 She was a primitive fertility figure, a totem of fecundity in a postwar culture where maternity was sacrosanct and feminine domesticity necessary for the survival of the tribe. Her cult was believed to have ushered in a "Baby Boom."

R.I.P. Mom 😭😭😭💔

Ma’am tomorrow, ma’am yesterday, but never, ever ma’am today!

[quote] Quite racistly

R9 Quite stupidlly

Get your hearing checked, OP.

R18 Go tell yourself!

R8 called her Mum when he met her.

[quote] Americans say mom, Brits say mum — And the Queen is addressed first with "Your Majesty", and later in conversation it's custom to address her with "Ma'am". NOT "Madam".

What about "Madwoman"?

She'll be a mummy soon.

She's not my Mom and she never will be.

R22 Like a Virgin Mary figure.

I would call Hillary Clinton mam if I met her.

She reminds me of the late queen, i.e. an old white woman.

R6 mum's the word means you'll keep your mouth shut about what someone has told you.

The Virgin Mamie

R34 You're bloody well right it is.

R33 I call all older white women Mom just to be safe. Don't know who might be the Queen or not, they all look the same. I hear she's dead, I'll believe when I see it.

Meet your new mam, kids:

[quote]Americans say mom, Brits say mum

Not all Britons. In Birmingham it has always been mom for some reason. Mum pretty much everywhere else though.

Mammy in Ireland.

Yes, mam, mammy or other variants all exist in parts of the UK but by and large the mom/mum split goes that way.