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What is the difference between mom and mother ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between mom and mother ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They’re the same, but I believe ‘mother’ is more polite. It’s like ‘어머니’ and ‘엄마’. But they basically mean the same thing.
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@namuoooo
Mother is a formal term. Most people use the term Mom which is a diminutive of Mother.
My mother was very good at sewing us clothing when we were children.
My Mom and I speak to each other at least once a day.
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@stepheniee_14 @olarundachinda but I heard When I say “mother” to my mom, it looks ride, my friends said. I don’t know what is the difference!
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@namuoooo maybe because calling a mother as MOM is much common? I'm not really sure but... yeah 😂
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@namuoooo I’m sorry, I dont understand what you mean by ‘it looks ride’ or do you mean ‘rude’.
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@namuoooo Alright. Well, “Mother” is a polite or formal word. While, ‘Mom’ is more casual. Well, not necessarily casual, but it’s less polite than ‘Mother’. Your friends probably think it’s rude, maybe because of your tone when you say it. I’m not really sure but about why they think it’s rude but, that’s what I know about that.
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