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Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Sundayadesina(m): 8:32pm On Aug 10, 2019
Some people don't know the meaning of "MUMMY" that we usually call our mother and some old women
According to OXFORD dictionary "MUMMY" means bad things examples are (1) Mummy means dead body (corpse) or dead animal (carcass)
(2) MUMMY is also the way Egyptians preserved (embalming) dead body before buried

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by thesicilian: 8:37pm On Aug 10, 2019
Go and throw that dictionary away and start using your brain instead.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Niyeal(m): 8:37pm On Aug 10, 2019
And so what

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by kestine(m): 9:10pm On Aug 10, 2019
Since when I dey small pikin till now na mummy I know.... Ajegunle English...till now na mummy I still dey call her... The dictionary own and the one way I dey pronouce dey different.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by DrBrainstorm(m): 9:17pm On Aug 10, 2019
Sundayadesina:
Some people don't know the meaning of "MUMMY" that we usually call our mother and some old women
According to OXFORD dictionary "MUMMY" means bad things examples are (1) Mummy means dead body (corpse) or dead animal (carcass)
(2) MUMMY is also the way Egyptians preserved (embalming) dead body before buried

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by enambobo(m): 9:29pm On Aug 10, 2019
There is difference between mummy and mommy. Know which is proper. Get your facts right.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by bigeliot(m): 10:39pm On Aug 10, 2019
Op u are not well o.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Mrevildoer(m): 10:44pm On Aug 10, 2019
Odecious!

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by foolbuster: 11:17pm On Aug 10, 2019
Sundayadesina:
Some people don't know the meaning of "MUMMY" that we usually call our mother and some old women
According to OXFORD dictionary "MUMMY" means bad things examples are (1) Mummy means dead body (corpse) or dead animal (carcass)
(2) MUMMY is also the way Egyptians preserved (embalming) dead body before buried

Stop carrying foreign people's language for head.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by CountOlaf: 11:37pm On Aug 10, 2019
Ode, "Mother" is called "Mom/Mommy" not "Mum/Mummy"

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by traihit: 11:40pm On Aug 10, 2019
Op is it your mummy? These days nobody care about Egyptian embalmed bodies again. When you say 'mummy', everyone knows you're talking about your mother and that is the basic function of any language. So let 'mummy' be.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by wittyt98(m): 11:50pm On Aug 10, 2019
mumu grin

dead body kee you there

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Nobody: 12:42am On Aug 11, 2019
Ode!

It is called Mommy...

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by ifelajafemi: 3:38am On Aug 11, 2019
Mumu...dey poknose to waiting no concern u...when u don see oyinbo dey argue Ur language b4. Mummy no be mummy Na mummy...didirin

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by AdeniyiA(m): 4:54am On Aug 11, 2019
A word usually have more than one meaning ... even MUM has other meaning

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Katier00(f): 5:35am On Aug 11, 2019
It is mommy ooo

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by EkunKekere: 7:29am On Aug 11, 2019
All these clever by half and dimwitted "Òmùgọ́s" we have prowling nairaland these days, sigh.

"Mummy" is simply the British spelling of the word, while "Mommy" is the American way of spelling it.

While it is true that the English spelling (Mummy) also refers to an embalmed corpse, it is also true that context matters when we use words. If I say:

" I met Kunle's mummy in Church today" only an idiot would think I was referring to meeting a dead corpse.


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Sundayadesina:
Some people don't know the meaning of "MUMMY" that we usually call our mother and some old women
According to OXFORD dictionary "MUMMY" means bad things examples are (1) Mummy means dead body (corpse) or dead animal (carcass)
(2) MUMMY is also the way Egyptians preserved (embalming) dead body before buried

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by SouthSouth1914: 7:32am On Aug 11, 2019
The OP is an olodo rabata!!

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by TupacS: 7:41am On Aug 11, 2019
CountOlaf:
Ode, "Mother" is called "Mom/Mommy" not "Mum/Mummy"
American English and British english.

They're both correct

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Cutealexio(m): 7:46am On Aug 11, 2019
Always do some findings before posting. The difference is why one is American English the other is British English.. Mummy has two meanings just like we have a lot of words like that in English

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by BiadeFolar(m): 7:48am On Aug 11, 2019
Lets vote, click your preferred

[url=biadefola.com.ng]MUM[/url] | [url=biadefola.com.ng]MUMMY[/url]
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by jendhorlee(m): 7:55am On Aug 11, 2019
wetin local man no go see
so, of all the things happening in Nigeria now, na mom and mummy concern u most angry

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by nabegibeg: 7:59am On Aug 11, 2019
Sundayadesina:
Some people don't know the meaning of "MUMMY" that we usually call our mother and some old women
According to OXFORD dictionary "MUMMY" means bad things examples are (1) Mummy means dead body (corpse) or dead animal (carcass)
(2) MUMMY is also the way Egyptians preserved (embalming) dead body before buried

Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Nobody: 9:43am On Aug 11, 2019
Dear children arguing up there, it is actually "Mom"/ "Mommy"

Not mum or mummy.

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Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Ovisthanks(m): 9:55am On Aug 11, 2019
Mommy not mummy......


May u receive sense

IJN
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by ExAngel007(f): 10:18am On Aug 11, 2019
funny comments grin
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by TheSpellChecker: 11:08am On Aug 11, 2019
Sundayadesina:
Some people don't know the meaning of "MUMMY" that we usually call our mother and some old women
According to OXFORD dictionary "MUMMY" means bad things examples are (1) Mummy means dead body (corpse) or dead animal (carcass)
(2) MUMMY is also the way Egyptians preserved (embalming) dead body before buried

Actually, the right word is MOMMY.

Not mummy.

So I will continue to call my mum MOMMY.

Deal with it. shocked shocked shocked
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by srrrr(m): 11:19am On Aug 11, 2019
Ovisthanks:
Mommy not mummy......

May u receive sense
IJN
Mum / Mummy - British English
Mom /Mommy - American English
They're both correct, just that Mummy also stands for embalmed corpse
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by Chrisus(m): 11:51am On Aug 11, 2019
iAudio:
Dear children arguing up there, it is actually "Mom"/ "Mommy"

Not mum or mummy.

Mummy and Mommy are both correct. One is American, the other is British.
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by jbazic(m): 12:04pm On Aug 11, 2019
You didn't scroll down here bro..

Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by ritux: 1:13pm On Aug 11, 2019
hmmm. We learn everyday
Re: Stop Calling Your Mum "MUMMY" by emrysg19: 2:04pm On Aug 11, 2019
grin

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