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Emme8500
The word "who'm" exists? I'm pretty sure i Heard it somewhere in a cartoon or show but i don't know If it actually exists, i Google it but not find anything, If it exists, what's it's use? Can someone give me an example sentence?

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justwhatever22
I think the other commenters are missing something here so far, and this is an interesting one. You’re having a conversation with a friend, trying to remember someone you know, you realise your thinking of someone else and then you say “Who am I thinking of, then?” That would regularly sound exactly like “Who’m I thinking of then” - and this clearly would not be a circumstance in which you should use the word whom. Whom has a very distinct meaning and is not a contraction of who am. I think “who’m” is regularly said as a contraction, but interestingly I don’t think it’s ever written, is it? 
america_is_not_okay
Whom is the word.
QuercusSambucus
Whom is the objective case of the pronoun "who". Lots of people just use "who" when they should be saying "whom", but that's language for you.
Fun_Push7168
It's just whom And now you can Google it's usage. It's mostly out of favor, at least in the US. Largely because it's use case doesn't come naturally and nobody wants to consciously think of the rules . 'Who' is often " misused" in its place . Eg. "Who did you invite to the party?" is what everyone would say. It should be "Whom did you invite to the party?"
rlikeschocolate
It's "whom", no contraction. It's used in particular cases - I think [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/13h8tqc/comment/jk4120w/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) from this sub is a good explanation of when to use it.
tlonreddit
It is spelt "whom".
Temporary_Pie2733
Aside from “I’m”, the pronunciation of “‘m” is so close the pronunciation of “am” that it’s a little difficult to tell if an actual contraction is being used, or if “am” is just unstressed.
sclaytes
Just wait until you find out about “Whomst”.
CoffeeDefiant4247
whom is a now outdated but it's used as an object while who is the subject. If you say "to who" it use to be "to whom"
Decent_Cow
You likely heard "whom". It's the object form of the interrogative pronoun. The subject form is "who". "Who was here?" "With whom did you meet?" "Whom" is rarely used anymore. Most people use "who" for both. Alternatively, you may have heard a contraction of "Who am". It can sometimes be the case that "who am I?" sounds like "who'm I?" but that is normally not reflected in writing.
Shinyhero30
I never say this. I can’t speak to other rarer dialects but this is alien to me. Edit: nevermind this is super common in everyday speech but is just psychotic in its written form.
hoolety-loon
   "Am" is one of a set of common words in English which are most often pronounced in a weaker form, with vowel reduction and perhaps consonant clipping. Although they might sound like contractions, most of them are not spelled as contractions in writing - speakers and listeners just instinctively know when to use a strong or weak form. Most of the time people don't write "who'm", even though that's the normal pronounciation of those words together.    Mastery of native English will involve learning to hear and interpret these weak forms. Here is a guide to the weak forms from linguist Dr Geoff Lindsey - check out the rest of his channel, he does a lot of work illuminating the differences between UK and US English, as well as what people often get wrong.        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXYas58_kc
Fiztopic
To who’m is that question posed? To me or the wider community?
porqueboomer
I amn't enjoying this discussion.
Historical_Buddy_980
Heyy, it's nothing difficult don't worry :) , for example the song "For whom the bell tolls", whom isn't really used commonly, the meaning is the same as who,in my opinion of course. Different areas use different dialects.
What___Do
Whom. Who/whom have the same relationship to each other as he/him. Who gave you the keys? He gave me the keys. You’re giving the keys to whom? I’m giving the keys to him. Whom is mostly falling out of use except in more formal writing and set phrases such as “to whom it may concern.” Even native speakers have trouble using it correctly.
skyhookt
Perhaps OP is not asking about whom, but about a possible contraction of who am. As in "Who'm I spozed to see?"
averagemarsupial
Whom is a word, but it's not used very often and is typically only used in hyperspecific situations such as a letter "To whom it may concern". It was used a lot in older english I believe, but has faded out