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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2014, 08:48:15 pm »
I didn't know the English word for chrysanthemum was mum!

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.  :)
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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2014, 08:54:23 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

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.


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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2014, 08:54:50 pm »
Oooops!  Jeff beat me to it!  LOL


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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2014, 09:16:26 am »
The English word for chrysanthemum is ... chrysanthemum, but Americans often shorten it to mum, especially in conversation.  :)



Well,  the name here is Chrysanthemum as well, but Americans seem to shorten pretty much everything, so we just call them "mums".   


I see. Well, that makes kinda sorta sense - in a way.   ;D

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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2014, 09:24:10 am »
Here Mum is mother. We never say mom.


And because we use "mom", we'd never confuse the two.

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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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #25 on: September 14, 2014, 09:42:08 am »

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...

I think that Mom and Mommy have evolved to be mostly American (apparently still used in Birmingham, in the Midlands); Mum and Mummy are likely more British/Commowealth countries.

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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2014, 09:46:46 am »
Ok, I see. Thanks Paul!

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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #27 on: September 14, 2014, 10:17:33 am »
"As a surprise, I sent my mom some mums, so mum's the word."

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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #28 on: September 14, 2014, 10:24:19 am »
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Re: Halloween Lore and Legends
« Reply #29 on: September 14, 2014, 10:18:52 pm »
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...


Well, over here in the US, mom is pronounced 'mahm', while mum is pronounced 'muhm'.

Mothers are called mom or 'mommy'.

if we here 'mum' we'll think of this:



and if we hear 'mummy' we'll think of this:




Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
Will you play my record? One-track mind!