Hi all, I am curious as to when the term "Mum" was first used in England. Is it a 20th term, or was it used earlier? We here in America call our mothers Mom, and our fathers Dad. I know that in the early 1900's, children called there fathers Pa, or at least here in New England they did. But now it's Dad. Eric Tennett

Hello Mam is Welsh for mother. Tad, mutates to dad, when addressing him, for father. So, I suggest that both words were taken by the English from the Welsh way, way back. Mam became mum purely down to accent. Tthat's my theory. David Williams in essex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tennett, Eric R." <ERTennett@cvs.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:56 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR] Mum's the word - non-gen > Hi all, > > I am curious as to when the term "Mum" was first used in England. Is it a 20th term, or was it used earlier? > > We here in America call our mothers Mom, and our fathers Dad. I know that in the early 1900's, children called there fathers Pa, or at least here in New England they did. But now it's Dad. > > Eric Tennett > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > A-Z of BRITISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH > by Dr Ashton Emery > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/EmeryPaper.html >