#linguistic differences

But please.

If the character is American. On an American show. Speaking with American parlance.

They will not call their mother mum.

I understand that you guys do and that's fine, linguistic differences are normal and fine and cool.

Until I'm reading a fic where an American character refers to their mother as mum and I have to stop reading for a second, take a deep breath, and completely recenter my mind from the loop you just threw it for.

There are probably American authors who use the wrong words for British things, and that isn't cool either. But I can't speak for them. I'm speaking from my own experience.

Americans don't call our mothers mum. Most people now will use mom unless they're young children, in which case mama or mommy might be used. Of course, there are regional differences and cases of personal preference which will be different, but mom is the most common now.

I often find myself having difficulty explaining an English term to Italian people because there is no Italian counterpart, so I use the English word directly and confuse those who speak to me even more.

like...yeah, i know it comes from the sausages making a popping noise when they're cooking or whatever

but like

bangers

what do you call that thing that looks like a sausage, which you can coincidentally also use to "bang"?

that's right

The original was all like "americans pronounce 'Z' zee and canadians are all 'zed' and americans are like "lol whut that's dumb" and most of the rest of the world is like "I meeeaaaan . . ."