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Offline HDAngel

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What do you call your grandmother?
« on: March 19, 2009, 05:53:04 AM »
My granddaughter is starting to try to communicate. It will be no time at all before she starts talking. So, I need to decide what I want her to call me. I called my moms mother grandma, but refused except that I could have two grandma's so I called my dads mother Nana. Being the mutt I am... English, Irish, Scottish, Russian, Polish, German, Cherokee and Choctaw Indian that I have many languages to choose from. I'm soooo confused. What do you call your grandma?
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2009, 06:13:31 AM »
If I was you, I'd use a Native American term. Mostly because I adore that culture. I'm like you..totally mixed background melting pot. Mostly English, Scottish and Irish.

I don't know. The Native American thing just seems cool to me. And it seems most closely tied to the oldest US roots. So I still say go with that.

There's noting wrong with Grandma or Grammy either. It might be that she settles into her own ideas, and calls you what she wants to.
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 08:06:05 AM »
I call my grandmother 阿婆 (my mum's mum)
but my dad's mum I　ｃａｌｌ　ｈｅｒ　麻麻
 :D sorry, not much help, they're both canto phrases.
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2009, 08:35:45 AM »
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2009, 08:37:54 AM »
I call mine Grammy...  :)
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2009, 08:59:42 AM »
I would imagine that will rest with the child at first then you, if you care to refine it. I've seen kids hold to their original version, Mema=grandma. And others who were prompted to use the 'correct' pronunciation. Knowing you as I do, I suspect you will allow your grandchild to say what is in her heart.
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2009, 09:15:09 AM »
Quote from: christ on March 19, 2009, 09:07:39 AM
It doesn't matter what I call mine, she can't hear me.

(... she couldn't even before she took up pushing up daisies as a full time job)
I pnly met one once. Hardly anything to base an worthwhile answer on...so....

lol, and yet there have been times you bet her nightgown!
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2009, 09:21:39 AM »
The only one I did know passed over many years ago.  I called her "Nanny" as in turn do my children call my mother.  I have at least 3 different bloods from my parents and my children have 4 as my partner is half Guyanese, but I would ask my children to call my mother something in a language that she could understand...
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2009, 09:28:22 AM »
My great and grandmothers I call Mama. 

My maternal grandpa, Guakong and my paternal gramps is Lolo (Filipino term for grandfather) Daddy.  Grand uncles are all Papa.

My mom is called Lala, a play on Lola, which is the Filipino term for Grandmother.  My kids call my dad Daddy.

If that's not confusing enough, one aunt is called Mama, another Ate (Filipino term of respect or older sister) and one is Nanay (Filipino for mother).

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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2009, 10:40:24 AM »
This is a very cool thread. The contrasts and similarities  with languages always interests me. What di you call your mom and dad? And what do your kids call you?
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2009, 10:48:34 AM »
Quote from: dweez on March 19, 2009, 08:35:45 AM
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2009, 11:10:35 AM »
Sorry FI...I calls them likes I sees them.
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2009, 11:19:51 AM »
Quote from: knownassociate on March 19, 2009, 10:40:24 AM
This is a very cool thread. The contrasts and similarities  with languages always interests me. What di you call your mom and dad? And what do your kids call you?
I call my mom mom,andmy dad dad.
My Grandmother I called Grandma,my dads mother granny,and my dads father papa.

My son calls my mother Nana,,and he calls me the " guy with the money" lol
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2009, 11:25:27 AM »
Mommy and Daddy, not mom and dad for my parents.

My kids call me Mommy and their dad Papa.
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Re: What do you call your grandmother?
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2009, 12:04:28 PM »
Thanks, I was very curious about that. It only becomes confusing in the translation to English then. Or if one's bilingual, if out of context.
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