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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1180 on: December 02, 2010, 10:25:25 PM »
Ok, clue me in, how is mum vs. mom a matter of correctness as opposed to cultural preference?

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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1181 on: December 02, 2010, 10:31:13 PM »
Ok, clue me in, how is mum vs. mom a matter of correctness as opposed to cultural preference?

Because every culture thinks they are right, duh.
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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1182 on: December 02, 2010, 10:48:42 PM »
Mum is softer on the ear than Mom!
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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1183 on: December 02, 2010, 10:54:59 PM »
Mum is the root, mom is a bastardisation. Right?  :-*

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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1184 on: December 02, 2010, 11:23:32 PM »
Mum is the root, mom is a bastardisation. Right?  :-*

nah, mum's the stem and petals too.

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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1185 on: December 02, 2010, 11:25:21 PM »
yeah, i have some mums outside on my porch
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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1186 on: December 02, 2010, 11:27:17 PM »
yeah, i have some mums outside on my porch

are they boasting over which one of you kids inside is having a more successful career?  ;D

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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1187 on: December 02, 2010, 11:56:05 PM »
So . . . mum's the word?
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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1188 on: December 03, 2010, 12:30:17 AM »
So . . . mum's the word?

would seem to be the case, everyone knows we're the original mummers anyway.

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Re: An Open Letter to ...
« Reply #1189 on: December 03, 2010, 01:48:14 AM »
A genre of film highlighting the maternal: mumblecore
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