i love my mum

[SobaViolence]

well, i just got in from travelling 5 hours from Ottawa to Toronto, my hometown, earlier than any family member knew of, and i receved an email from my mum.

me and her boss/sorta boyfriend have had major issues, to the point where he called the cops on me and i could have been sent away for a long time. and he has badmouthed me (the most vile things i have ever heard anyone be called) my brother, who can at times be a jackoff but not unprovoked, and my 17 yr old sister, who is my angel. this dude is scum.

anyhoo, she's in Atlantic City, because she manages and supervises tours. he apparently spends a lot of time at her(i use to think my) house.

and in that email she says she told asshole what's up, that we(my siblings and i) are her only priority and that she just wants me to understand that she is trying to get her life/job in order.

i guess i just wanna vent a sigh of relief that my mother, who has made mistakes, is comming around.

and that makes me happy.

[zorra_chiflada]

i love your mum too ;) :cool:

[TurdBerglar]

mums are flowers, right?

[b i o n i c]

excellent(y)

[enree erzweglle]

antipodean thread (http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=67898)

[Qdrop]

don't you live in Canada?

why are you saying "mum"?


poser.

[mikizee]

ive never really figured out what antipodean means. i know its a reference to aussies, but what the hell does the word mean???

[enree erzweglle]

ive never really figured out what antipodean means. i know its a reference to aussies, but what the hell does the word mean???
I first got to know that word in the context of Australia because it's often used to illustrate two regions that are opposite to each other (e.g., northern & southern hemispheres). But it can be extended to concepts too--like this one. That other thread is this thread's exact opposite. :)

[enree erzweglle]

don't you live in Canada?

why are you saying "mum"?


poser.
Not to speak for SobaViolence...but I've got lots of friends who are from other parts of the world. With some of them, I tend to use the words that they use (e.g., mum) out of a sense of respect.

My one really close friend calls his ma "mum" so I call her that too and I refer to her that way when I'm talking about her to him or others. I sometimes slip and say "mum" when I am talking about a "mom" or my own ma. Maybe that's what he was doing.

Some of my friends are from Australia and when I go there with them, they insist--as much as they are that way--that I pronounce certain words the way Australians do. Like tomAHtoh (because they say that some people might not understand if I say toMAYto) and brisbin (because that's just the way it's pronounced v. brisBANE). The when-in-Rome thing sometimes makes me feel like I'm being pretentious ala Madonna and her fake-brit accent, but I try to do what makes them comfortable. I do refuse to say "g'day MITE" (with accent). :)

[Tzar]

that's like melbourne.. we don't say mel-BORN - we say mel-bun

[Qdrop]

Not to speak for SobaViolence...but I've got lots of friends who are from other parts of the world. With some of them, I tend to use the words that they use (e.g., mum) out of a sense of respect.

My one really close friend calls his ma "mum" so I call her that too and I refer to her that way when I'm talking about her to him or others. I sometimes slip and say "mum" when I am talking about a "mom" or my own ma. Maybe that's what he was doing.

Some of my friends are from Australia and when I go there with them, they insist--as much as they are that way--that I pronounce certain words the way Australians do. Like tomAHtoh (because they say that some people might not understand if I say toMAYto) and brisbin (because that's just the way it's pronounced v. brisBANE). The when-in-Rome thing sometimes makes me feel like I'm being pretentious ala Madonna and her fake-brit accent, but I try to do what makes them comfortable. I do refuse to say "g'day MITE" (with accent). :)

but soba isn't from australia or britian.
he's from canada.

canadians don't say "mum"...not that i've ever heard.

and if they do, they totally fuckin stole it to sound more sophisticated...like the brits.

[Qdrop]

that's like melbourne.. we don't say mel-BORN - we say mel-bun

yeah, i've noticed that some accents, like British and Australian, make pronunciation easier and more efficient...i appreciate that.

[enree erzweglle]

but soba isn't from australia or britian.
he's from canada.

canadians don't say "mum"...not that i've ever heard.

and if they do, they totally fuckin stole it to sound more sophisticated...like the brits.I guess I was implying that he might be doing that out of habit--he might know or be related to someone who is a "mum" and he calls her that and has then generalized that. I am with my Australian friends more so than my U.S. friends and I've adopted some of their colloquialisms without conscious effort.

Maybe he just likes mum over the alternatives.

I'm a "ma". My kid started it when, during the middle of this longish debate we were having when he was ~14, he bleated it out to underscore some point he was making. Flat affect, monotone: "Maaaaaaaaa." It stuck.

[adam_f]

I tend to call my mom Trisha. It's not even her name.

[enree erzweglle]

I should say that I do get what you are saying, Q. As an example, it seems pretentious when someone from the U.S. with no clear connections to anything or anyone even remotely brit says stuff like "shite" or "chips" (instead of fries) or if they say "be a luv and do..." or when they say telly (v. television).

I got that you were saying that. I think sometimes, it's warranted or at least is understandable. Other times like with shite and chips and luv and telly and stuff like that, it's just pretense.

[MagicCowboy]

i love your mum too ;) :cool:

She's like butter...

[Qdrop]

it seems pretentious when someone from the U.S. with no clear connections to anything or anyone even remotely brit says stuff like "shite"

god, everyone on here does that.

so ridiculous.

[DipDipDive]

god, everyone on here does that.

so ridiculous.

I use the word "cunt" pretty loosely.

I wonder if I'm one of those people...

[Qdrop]

I use the word "cunt" pretty loosely.

I wonder if I'm one of those people...

oh no, that's totally cool.

very upscale american coke-chic...while retaining it's lower middle class, 1 room-apartment sensibility....

[ms.peachy]

So a year from now, should my little Miss Mathilda call me "mom" or "mum"?

[Qdrop]

So a year from now, should my little Miss Mathilda call me "mom" or "mum"?

tough call.

you're american, yet living in british culture.
sky's the limit.

you should just fuck with everyone and teach her to call you mom in swaili or !kung (that african tribal "clicking" language) or something to that effect...

[Lyman Zerga]

i love her son (y)

thanks mauom!

[monkey]

mommies are nice. ive been lucky. although my own mami is far (and i cant explain how difficult it is to go through hard woman shit without her. it's like wading blindly through shit sometimes), my bf's mom has been so kind to me. sometimes we dont realize how much they love us or integral they are to our lives. so, yea. thanks to the good moms out there.

[enree erzweglle]

So a year from now, should my little Miss Mathilda call me "mom" or "mum"?
She'll probably call you what she can at first and later, she'll call you what she wants regardless of what you prefer. :) My kid started out with mama and that morphed into mo-mo, which he kept for years and years and which eventually got displaced by the bleating maaaaa.

[SobaViolence]

i spell it like i pronounce it.

sorry if that confuses anyone.

never like ma, sounded too slackjawed
mawm sounded childish.
mother is just too piss her off
'yes, mother'


(she gave me a quart of imported russian vodka for Canada Day <3)