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7th February 2018
02:56pm GMT

Phillips is from Birmingham, so naturally, she says mom instead of mum, and she would like the record to reflect this when she does.
Often, Jess has said she finds her moms are transcribed as mums and she would like for this to stop.
She explained why on the BBC's Daily Politics Show:
"I’ve had the same thing changed on two different occasions. Because I’m from Birmingham, and when I say the word mom, if I talk about my mom or if I talk about being a mom in the House of Commons, they always write it 'mum.' "And I am from Birmingham and we spell it 'mom.' And it annoys me every time that they sort of try and sanitise my regional accent. "And it is not just Brummies. People from the Black Country also call their mums ‘mom’."So what do you think - does it matter what word someone says or not?
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