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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Sason on September 13, 2014, 05:51:21 pm --- I didn't know the English word for chrysanthemum was mum!
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The English word for chrysanthemum is ... chrysanthemum, but Americans often shorten it to mum, especially in conversation. :)
My grandma was a great gardener, and she almost always said mum rather than chrysanthemum. :)
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Sason on September 13, 2014, 05:51:21 pm ---I didn't know the English word for chrysanthemum was mum!
Your sentence made absolutely no sense to me, Chuck! I mean, you usually don't consider a mother being an item of autumnal display.... ::)
Thank god for dictionaries! ;D
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Well, the name here is Chrysanthemum as well, but Americans seem to shorten pretty much everything, so we just call them "mums". And because we use "mom", we'd never confuse the two.
CellarDweller:
Oooops! Jeff beat me to it! LOL
Sason:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 13, 2014, 08:48:15 pm ---The English word for chrysanthemum is ... chrysanthemum, but Americans often shorten it to mum, especially in conversation. :)
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--- Quote from: CellarDweller on September 13, 2014, 08:54:23 pm ---Well, the name here is Chrysanthemum as well, but Americans seem to shorten pretty much everything, so we just call them "mums".
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I see. Well, that makes kinda sorta sense - in a way. ;D
Sason:
--- Quote from: brian on September 13, 2014, 08:05:50 pm ---Here Mum is mother. We never say mom.
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--- Quote from: CellarDweller on September 13, 2014, 08:54:23 pm --- And because we use "mom", we'd never confuse the two.
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This is a bit more puzzling. I always thought mom and mum are the same. Apparently they aren't.
What's the difference? Do they have different meaning? Or is it a geographic difference? Is the pronounciation different?
The mysteries of the English language never cease to surprise me...
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