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Whats your ethnic background?
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Both your mom and dad
Mine is...
Dad German
Mom French
Mine is...
Dad German
Mom French
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Yep, in Birmingham
:yes:
My dad's a brum and he calls my grandma Mom.
ETA: Didn't answer the question! My mum's Polish, dad's English/Irish.
:eek: Slanderous! haha!
I've never even noticed that, lol. Been in brum 21yrs too! I tend to just say mum, and my mum is from the north east so she would say mam
I'm gonna get some of my colleagues to talk about their mum/mom/mam now and I'll report back :thumb: lol
Mother: Welsh
Mum: part american part cornish (yes it counts as an ethnicity!)
it's true
i pronounce it 'mom' but i would never put it in a card because my mum (see) would hate it.
and my parents are both english, specifically both brummie
Mum - English
Mum is from Wakefield (Yorkshire), Dad is from London.
Dad- Darlington/Dudley
My Dad comes from London (no idea where the family is from originally, lost touch with them after my Granddad died.)
My Mum comes from Guildford in Surrey, and her family is part Irish part French. They left Ireland during the famine and the other side were thrown out of France for being Huguenots.
Dad - NZ European.
There was an 8 month period where it would be weeks before I reappeared.