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Help[Opinions] Re: Nanna
in reply to a message by RoxStar
I'm a Nana myself, it's what my kids called my mother, and they had no other grandmother.
So, my grandchildren call me Nana,and one set, two sisters, call their other grandmother, "Granny", as their mother instructed them to, as it seemed the most "elderly" sounding-the daughter was having a failure-to-see-eye-to-eye time with her mother just then, though doing fine now.
The other set, two brothers, call their maternal grandmother "Memair", which is common. (Grandfathers are called "Pepair").
So, my grandchildren call me Nana,and one set, two sisters, call their other grandmother, "Granny", as their mother instructed them to, as it seemed the most "elderly" sounding-the daughter was having a failure-to-see-eye-to-eye time with her mother just then, though doing fine now.
The other set, two brothers, call their maternal grandmother "Memair", which is common. (Grandfathers are called "Pepair").
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I called my own grandparents Grandma and Granddad, though he was also Grandpa sometimes. Not sure why his name varied from grandkid to grandkid and sometimes day to day.
Valerie calls my mother and stepfather Nana Lorraine and Big Larry. Where Big Larry came from nobody knows; he's quite a bit smaller than her other grandfather. P's parents are Nana Charlene and PopPop Jimmy. PopPop is the common name for grandfather's around here, it seems. MomMom is common for grandmothers, but P never called his own grandmother that and it just didn't take with V and her grandmothers.
Valerie calls my mother and stepfather Nana Lorraine and Big Larry. Where Big Larry came from nobody knows; he's quite a bit smaller than her other grandfather. P's parents are Nana Charlene and PopPop Jimmy. PopPop is the common name for grandfather's around here, it seems. MomMom is common for grandmothers, but P never called his own grandmother that and it just didn't take with V and her grandmothers.
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I called my mother's parents Grandpa Jim and Grandma Becky. I was one of the younger grandchildren, other older ones had set that pattern, so to speak.
My paternal grandmother, I called Nana. She was long widowed when I was born,so I never knew that grandfather.
My paternal grandmother, I called Nana. She was long widowed when I was born,so I never knew that grandfather.
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