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nana's new status
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Sandy Foster wrote: I had two Nanas and two Grandpas when I was growing up; we simply added their last name to the title. When my turn to become a grandmother came, I didn't want to have the same name as anyone else so that no other name would have to be added -- probably silly, but that's how it is. G Anyway, I'd wanted to be Nana to follow my family "tradition", but the other grandmother was to be Nana (pronounced Nahnah, since it's in Spanish), and I thought that might be confusing, especially since DMIL is Nanny. LOL! So I eventually became Mémé. Can't find cutesy little coffee mugs and that sort of thing with Mémé on them, but who cares? I'm using a not-common-in-these-parts name, and that makes me unique. OTOH, DH is Grandpa, as is the other grandfather of two of our DGSs. DH is Grandpa, and the other one is Grandpa + first name. Works for us. Odd, in my spanish speaking family Grandma is Abuelita. At any rate my mexican grandparents went by Grandma Mary and Papa. My other grandparents were grandma and grandpa with their last name added. When my sister had the first grandchild her in-laws chose grandma and grandpa with their first names added. My parents chose Granny and Pa as their parents (and a great grandma) were still in the mix. Later on of the animated Disney flicks came out on video and the evil grandmother was called "granny". (snow white I think) My mom was worried that the children would associate the two. Didn't happen though :-) marcella aunt and great-aunt (and favorite aunt ;-)) but grandma is a ways off |
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Marcella Peek wrote:
In article , Sandy Foster wrote: I had two Nanas and two Grandpas when I was growing up; we simply added their last name to the title. When my turn to become a grandmother came, I didn't want to have the same name as anyone else so that no other name would have to be added -- probably silly, but that's how it is. G Anyway, I'd wanted to be Nana to follow my family "tradition", but the other grandmother was to be Nana (pronounced Nahnah, since it's in Spanish), and I thought that might be confusing, especially since DMIL is Nanny. LOL! So I eventually became Mémé. Can't find cutesy little coffee mugs and that sort of thing with Mémé on them, but who cares? I'm using a not-common-in-these-parts name, and that makes me unique. OTOH, DH is Grandpa, as is the other grandfather of two of our DGSs. DH is Grandpa, and the other one is Grandpa + first name. Works for us. Odd, in my spanish speaking family Grandma is Abuelita. At any rate my mexican grandparents went by Grandma Mary and Papa. My other grandparents were grandma and grandpa with their last name added. When my sister had the first grandchild her in-laws chose grandma and grandpa with their first names added. My parents chose Granny and Pa as their parents (and a great grandma) were still in the mix. Later on of the animated Disney flicks came out on video and the evil grandmother was called "granny". (snow white I think) My mom was worried that the children would associate the two. Didn't happen though :-) marcella aunt and great-aunt (and favorite aunt ;-)) but grandma is a ways off In Danish, there is a distinction between paternal and maternal grandparents built into the words. Mormor = mother's mother Morfar = mother's father Farmor = father's mother Farfar = father's father Of course, these days many kids have more than 2 parents, I don't know how they handle the grandparent naming then. Personally, I'm thrilled to be "Auntie Hanne" to at least a few kids :-) Hanne in London |
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nana's new status
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Marcella Peek wrote: In article , Sandy Foster wrote: I had two Nanas and two Grandpas when I was growing up; we simply added their last name to the title. When my turn to become a grandmother came, I didn't want to have the same name as anyone else so that no other name would have to be added -- probably silly, but that's how it is. G Anyway, I'd wanted to be Nana to follow my family "tradition", but the other grandmother was to be Nana (pronounced Nahnah, since it's in Spanish), and I thought that might be confusing, especially since DMIL is Nanny. LOL! So I eventually became Mémé. Can't find cutesy little coffee mugs and that sort of thing with Mémé on them, but who cares? I'm using a not-common-in-these-parts name, and that makes me unique. OTOH, DH is Grandpa, as is the other grandfather of two of our DGSs. DH is Grandpa, and the other one is Grandpa + first name. Works for us. Odd, in my spanish speaking family Grandma is Abuelita. Maybe it's a regionalism? All I know is that all of the grandparents in the border town where we used to live were Nana and Tata -- as are the ones related to two of my DGSs. Or perhaps it's a diminutive form -- much as a "grand-mère" in French may be called Mémé. Who knows? -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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nana's new status
In article e7udt9$e3n$1@qmul, Hanne Gottliebsen
wrote: In Danish, there is a distinction between paternal and maternal grandparents built into the words. Mormor = mother's mother Morfar = mother's father Farmor = father's mother Farfar = father's father Of course, these days many kids have more than 2 parents, I don't know how they handle the grandparent naming then. Personally, I'm thrilled to be "Auntie Hanne" to at least a few kids :-) Hanne in London I had a danish boyfriend once. His grandparents were bestomar and bestofar (phonetic as I have no idea how it's really spelled) Have you ever heard of that? marcella |
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nana's new status
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Sandy Foster wrote: In article , Marcella Peek wrote: Odd, in my spanish speaking family Grandma is Abuelita. Maybe it's a regionalism? All I know is that all of the grandparents in the border town where we used to live were Nana and Tata -- as are the ones related to two of my DGSs. Or perhaps it's a diminutive form -- much as a "grand-mère" in French may be called Mémé. Who knows? Maybe. You never know what nicknames and such will become popular. I'll have to ask my aunt (who actually goes by Abuelita with her grandkids) if she's heard of those names. She lives in San Diego so they may be popular there too. marcella |
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nana's new status
My niece and nephew call their other grandparents Nana and Tata.
They family has been in So. Cal. for at least 4 generations. Taria Marcella Peek wrote: In article , Sandy Foster wrote: In article , Marcella Peek wrote: Odd, in my spanish speaking family Grandma is Abuelita. Maybe it's a regionalism? All I know is that all of the grandparents in the border town where we used to live were Nana and Tata -- as are the ones related to two of my DGSs. Or perhaps it's a diminutive form -- much as a "grand-mère" in French may be called Mémé. Who knows? Maybe. You never know what nicknames and such will become popular. I'll have to ask my aunt (who actually goes by Abuelita with her grandkids) if she's heard of those names. She lives in San Diego so they may be popular there too. marcella |
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nana's new status
My grandparents on my Mom's side were Oma & Opa. Both sides of my family
were German. Linda in Tx |
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nana's new status
Marcella Peek wrote:
In article e7udt9$e3n$1@qmul, Hanne Gottliebsen wrote: In Danish, there is a distinction between paternal and maternal grandparents built into the words. Mormor = mother's mother Morfar = mother's father Farmor = father's mother Farfar = father's father Of course, these days many kids have more than 2 parents, I don't know how they handle the grandparent naming then. Personally, I'm thrilled to be "Auntie Hanne" to at least a few kids :-) Hanne in London I had a danish boyfriend once. His grandparents were bestomar and bestofar (phonetic as I have no idea how it's really spelled) Have you ever heard of that? marcella Yep, those are the non-specific versions, so the same as grandma/grandpa. Often, kids (or adults in their lives) will shorten this to bedste for grandma. They are also used as endearing terms for "little old lady/gentleman". Hanne in London |
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Polly's gators
Same thing happens here. David's former roommate keeps getting calls from
bill collectors here. The roommate hasn't lived here in at least 10 years and the girlfiend never lived here. Maureen On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:47:23 -0500, off kilter quilter wrote (in article ) : Adding to the list: Ronald Allen..yep, put his name here. I keep getting calls for him - regarding credit checks, letting me know that his meds are ready for pickup, bill collectors So, whoever he is, I hope he finds his way to Polly's gators - we've been here a year and it keeps opng going and going and going |
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nana's new status
I was a very lucky child, I had Little Gramma (Mom's mother), Big
Gramma (Little Gramma's mother), Gramma Murty (Big Gramma's mother) and Gramma Pugsy (Dad's mother), then there was Grandpap John (Mom's bialogical father), Uncle Tom (Mom's step father), Pop (Little Gramma's father), and last of all Granpap Pugsy. It was really great, they were all important in my life. Gramma Murphy's daughters were all trained seamstresses, they in turn taught their daugters, my own Mom only did a little sewing, but she did make 3 or 4 quilts when I was a baby and Dad was away in WWII, in her later life she made afgans. Bonnie, in Middletown, VA On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:21:01 -0500, "nana2b" wrote: My grandparents on my Mom's side were Oma & Opa. Both sides of my family were German. Linda in Tx |
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