[rhymeswithjazz]

I thought this was going to be another article about kids watching Peppa Pig. My three year old has a sort of mixed vocabulary, but mostly from watching Matilda, the Musical on repeat.

[bitwize]

I used to watch a lot of Danger Mouse back when it aired on Nickelodeon. To this day when I do a fake British accent, unless I'm imitating someone in particular I sound a bit like Sir David Jason.

[nobleach]

Yeah, I do tend to repeat "Penfold, hush" and "crumbs chief" to myself.

[pak9rabid]

Jesus Danger Mouse. That brings back some memories.

[tiffanyg]

Funny, that.

I ended up with Ted Kelsey, personally.

"Hehehehe... Stiletto, I'm so clever..."

[boomboomsubban]

It eventually is another article about kids watching Peppa Pig, they just start with other anecdotes.

[rhymeswithjazz]

Yeah, just finished it. It's a funny thing. My kids haven't watched a ton of Peppa Pig, but they all have managed to pickup what I'd call 'different' pronunciations and vocabulary than a lot of their peers.

[orthoxerox]

> The “Peppa effect” had them speaking like the show’s cartoon pig, saying “Mummy” instead of “Mommy”

I've thought "mommy" vs "mummy" was a spelling difference. The words sound the same to me, /'mɐmɪ/.

[Symbiote]

I think the audio sample here sounds completely American, as it claims to be: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mommy

But either pronunciation of "mummy" (embalmed corpse) is how I would address my mother as a child: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mummy

[OJFord]

Like a lot of American 'o's, 'mommy' often sounds (I don't know the IPA for it) more like 'mahmmy' to me (my British ear) - but it's presumably regional. I mean mainly from TV/film, 'valley girl' sort of accent for example: 'oh my gahd he's so haht'.

[worldblue]

I've always thought the difference is more pronounced with the short forms, "mum" vs "mom" (and the red underlining of the latter reminds me of my biases!). I don't think I've heard an American pronounce "mommy" though, so I can't say for certain.

[doublerabbit]

I'm from the south of England, it varies across the country but "mummy" is more "humm-e" but with an M.

"Mom" always sounded like "Nom" with an M.