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OP Does anyone know the answer to this?
Did the US always use Mom and Mommy for Mother?
If not when did it change from Mum and Mummy?
I have a early 70's imprint of Heinlein's The Star Beast (originally written in 1954) and that has the word Mum not Mom. Is this an "english" version???? I don't think so as the audio book I have also uses Mum non Mom.
Russ
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