Today, i'm protested when one of my friends call me mam, i said that i'm not a mam yet ^_^. But, he said that mam is a summon for a young woman as a honor. Then, because I'm the lady of KEPO, harus tau dong gimana sebenarnya, that's why i tried to find the reason, here it is:
Source: http://dialectblog.com/2011/04/07/mom-mum-mam/
I’m reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women right now. Throughout the book, the March sisters refer to their mother as “marmee.” This looks like an odd term of endearment until you remember that Alcott grew up (and set her book in) Eastern Massachusetts. Given that her accent was probably non-rhotic (i.e. she dropped her r’s), “marmee” is essentially a different way of writing modern-day mommy.
This got me thinking. We have several informal words for “mother” in English: mum (heard in much of England), mom (heard in much of America), and mam (heard in Ireland and Northern England). But are these actually different words, or are they just, in some sense, the same word?
Although “mum,” “mam,” and “mom” read differently, they’re often pronounced in a very similar way. Here’s a comparison of three different dialects, and their “mom” pronunciations (don’t worry if you aren’t proficient in IPA — I’ll explain after):
London: “mum” — [mɐm]
General American: “mom” — [mɑm]
Manchester, UK: “mam” — [mam]
General American: “mom” — [mɑm]
Manchester, UK: “mam” — [mam]

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