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Old 01-27-2010, 06:57 AM
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Re: Too Young For "Grandma"

I'm "Gran" - Maddy's other grandmother is "Mia" - which I LOVE!!! when Maddy was learning to talk, "Mia" came out "Meana"!!! sometimes Mia thought that's what she really meant! too funny!! I have a friend who has her "grands" call her "Honey" which is cute!!
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Old 01-27-2010, 07:24 AM
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Re: Too Young For "Grandma"

Our pastors kids call use papa for his dad and poppy for the other grandpa.
There Poppy is a missionary in Europe.

I have picked up he moniker of Grampy.

Hmmmm ? Probably cuz it sounds like Grumpy!
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Old 01-27-2010, 07:53 AM
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How about Bama? Or how about Big Mama?

Or how about Granny?
Bro. Sam,
I actually have a grandson that called me Bam-Maw. He's 16 now and
said to me one day, "Grandma, remember when I called you Bam-Maw".
He thought it was funny now that he is older. He's one of 15 fine GOD-Loving
grandsons. Ages 2-26.
As our grandchildren get older, it seems that most call us Grandma and Grandpa,
which is fine. At 70 and 72, we don't mind what they call us. Just so they call us.
We live near all except four and they are only about 30 minutes away. We love it.
The two yr. old grandson, the youngest of the 20, calls us MawMaw and PawPaw.
We love and enjoy our grandchildren very much! They love and respect us. They
were taught to do so. Makes for a wonderful relationship.

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Old 01-27-2010, 09:01 AM
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They address me as GrandFather, with great respect.
This would be even more perfect if you had a grand daughter named Heidi!
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Old 01-27-2010, 09:02 AM
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I love being called granny.
"Jeeeeed!! The only one doing docter-in in this family is ME!"
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Old 01-27-2010, 09:46 AM
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Re: Too Young For "Grandma"

Expecting my first grandchild in March and MY plan is to be called "Grandma" -- the baby may choose something else!
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Old 01-27-2010, 09:47 AM
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Well, our kids have pulled a big joke on me and are saying they will call me Maw-Maw. I told my daughter, "NO, THEY WILL NOT CALL ME THAT!!" She laughed and said, "Oh, yes they will!" I was sooooooo furious and refused to cooperate, but now it's such a hoot, I don't really care. LOL!
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Old 01-27-2010, 11:34 AM
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Dedicated Mind, here's a list of Grandma in other languages.


Grandmother in Other Languages

Chinese: NaiNai
Filipino: Lola
Flemish: Bomma
French: Grandmere
French Canadian: Meme
German: Oma
Greek: YaYa
Hawaiian: Tutu
Hebrew: Savta
Italian: Nonna
Japanese: Oba-chan
Korean: Halmoni
Polish: Busia
Portuguese: VoVo
Russian: Babushka
Spanish: Abuela
Yiddish: Bube

[ETA]

Afrikaans: ouma
Basque: amona
Belarusen: babka
Croatian: baba
Czech: babicka
Frisian (spoken in Germany and the Netherlands): beppe
Indonesian: nenek
Maltese: nanna
Mapunzugun: kuku
Maori: kuia
Odawa (Canadian Indian): nookmis
Ojibwe (Canadian Indian): nookomis
Polish: BABKA
Portuguese: avó
Romanian: BUNICA
Slovak: BABICKA
Slovenian: stara mama
Spanish: Abuela
Swahili: bibi
Swedish: FARMOR
Tagalog: nuno
Tibetan: a phyi
Turkish: ANNEANNE
Ukranian: babusia
Urdu: dadi
Thanks Sinatra, this is just what I was looking for. Where did you find this list? What does [ETA] stand for?
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Old 01-27-2010, 11:58 AM
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Thanks Sinatra, this is just what I was looking for. Where did you find this list? What does [ETA] stand for?



You're welcome. The first part of the list came from the site below. There is also a list on this site of modern names for Grandma.
http://grandparents.about.com/od/adv...rannynames.htm

I edited the second list in order to remove duplicates and ones I thought were unpronounceable. Follow the link below for the complete list.

http://answers.google.com/answers/th...id/105794.html


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Old 01-27-2010, 01:00 PM
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Re: Too Young For "Grandma"

I am not going to be one, but I thought that Italian: Nonna was cute..

I wouldn't mind being called mamaw or nana either. I will probably be so happy I won't care.
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