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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Sep. ~ Nov.: What do your grandkids call you--or what do you call your "granma"? I need help choosing my name! users admin

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Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
ROFL POOPOO!!!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
My step-nephew calls his grandma "Mimi." We were going to use Papa and Nana for my parents (my dad has played "the Papa" in Fiddler on the Roof more times than I can count), and then DH's parents would be Grandma and Grandpa. Things went well until DS wouldn't use Nana. Never called my mom anything for the first 2 years (he was talking early!). Finally, we were visiting them one day and he called her Gram. She loved it.

Now we have Gram and Papa's and Grandma and Grandpa's. Makes it a heck of lot easier to label gifts at Christmas time! :-)

Lorie
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08-29-2003

Friday, June 03, 2005 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lorie a private message Print Post    
My 2 girls call my mother "Bugga". When my oldest started talking, she couldn't say grandma so it came out Bugga. At first my mom wasn't sure she wanted to be called Bugga, but after 8 years, she is very used to it.

Graceunderfyre
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01-22-2004

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Graceunderfyre a private message Print Post    
This prob. won't help, but Jai calls my parents by the Tamil names - Pattiamma (sounds like Paaty-ahma) but he said "Pah-ma" for my mom and Thatha (sounds like thda thda). For DH's parents he doesn't call Grandma anything yet but he does call DH's dad Gapa. I had cousins's that called our Pattiamma and Thatha, Gama & Gapa. It's pretty common but they aren't Indian terms - I think it's just the R's taken out of the American terms.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Nice choice! My maternal grandmother was Mimi. She wasn't about to be called anything else at the age of 34! My youngest son's mil is also Mimi to our grandchildren. I became Grammy at age 38.

Have friends named Gram, Gran, Gramms, Gramamma, Tootie, Memaw, Mammaw, Oma, Omi, Nan, Gramma Nan, Nanna, and Grandmother!

Best Wishes StCroix with your new grandchild. You know what they say? "If I had known GRANDCHILDREN were so much fun I'd have had them FIRST"

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
My grandparents were called Grandma and Grandpa. My daughter called my parents Nana and Papa. When she had her first child, I wanted to be called Nana, but nope..my oldest sister said "No..there's already a Nana"...Miss Bossy! My Dad had passed away, so Papa for my husband was okay.

I tried to get my grandson to call me Grammy, but he wasn't good with his G's and started calling me Memi. At that time we decided on Mimi and it stuck. My other sister liked it so well, she has her grandson call her the same.

So we are Mimi and Papa. It's simple and easy.

Just be sure to let your grandchildren know you ARE their grandparent. One day someone said "Oh..are you her grandmother." I said "yes" and my granddaughter was indignant. She said "She's not my Grandmother, she's my Mimi." I had to explain it to her, lol.


Graceunderfyre
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01-22-2004

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Graceunderfyre a private message Print Post    
lol Cricket :-) I grew up thinking I didn't have grandparents until my mom explained it to me in 2nd or 3rd grade. I don't know why I thought that.

I was thinking how my mom has an aunt that we all call Gumpy because my cousin used to call her that when he was first learning to talk and it stuck. I have no idea what it means. But being the eldest he set the precedent for us all.

Djgirl
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07-17-2002

Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Djgirl a private message Print Post    
I guess we weren't too original as both my sets of grandparents were: Grandma & Grandpa

We always kept them separate - simply because they lived in separate countries, let alone proximity! My dad's parents lived in Portland, OR & my mom's parents lived north of Oshawa, ON, Canada.

Graceunderfyre
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01-22-2004

Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Graceunderfyre a private message Print Post    
I was just reading what Kitty said they do in Sweeden - how cool is that? I like that :-)

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
At about 3 or 4 years old my son started calling my mum "Mano". We're not sure how he came up with that name but we kept it. We all called her Mano. The ironic thing is that my mum had had a stroke and only had the use of one hand ... in spanish mano means hand.

We all miss our Mano.

Carrly
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09-28-2000

Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carrly a private message Print Post    
My 4-year old granddaughter Hayley calls me Nanny, because she couldn't pronounce Grandma. My Daughter-in-law has a daycare and when I visit,all the kids call me Nanny. So I am known as Nanny all over town. My granddaughter knows I am her grandma and that she has a special name for me. Sometimes she calls me Nan for short. One of the daycare kids told me " Nanny, I know why you come help us because you are from the tv show The Nanny",(Or something like that). My 12-year old granddaughter calls me grammie and her brother who is 17 calls me grandma. One thing that always bothered me about names is that my mother-in-law never was called anything by us daughter-in-laws. She just wasn't the type to call Mom and we felt funny using her first name so we called her Grandma. I made sure all my children's spouses call me by my first name. I didn't want them to feel as awkward as I did!

Lori124
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07-05-2005

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lori124 a private message Print Post    

/both my grand~daughters call me MomMom, and their grandfather PopPop. Maybe not original, but I get chills all over when she says hiiiiiiii MomMom. :P

Lori


Weeniewhiner
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07-22-2005

Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weeniewhiner a private message Print Post    
My name has evolved over the yrs.

1st granddaughter refused to call me grammy (the name I picked out before she was born), she called me "B". We never did figure out how she came up with that. Around 4 yrs old she started calling me grammy.

When her little brothers began to talk they called me grammy. But 3 yrs ago one of the boys started calling me "gramson." Nobody can remember how it started but they all call me that now and I love it!

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 10:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I used to laugh at my mother. She said she did not care what her grandkids called her as long as they did not call her "Big Mama." She had a friend whose grandkids called her that and she hated it. Perhaps it was because my mother was extremely overweight. Anyway they called her Granny and my grandkids call me that also.

Amykat
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07-24-2005

Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amykat a private message Print Post    
My daughter and neices always called my mom "Grandma" and mom hated it (no idea why). When my daughter was about 6 we read the American Girl books. One of the girls, Samantha, called her grandmother "Grandmary". Anna, my dd, started calling her grandmother that and she loved it! The other kids won't call her that-long story with their mother, my sister, not allowing it...let's just say that since my dd came up with it, I don't think it was good enough for them to do...like I said, long story. Anyway, they all call their grandfather "Granddaddy". I can't wait to get to pick a name for me!!!!!! This is great! I never heard so many names!!

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
I used to call my grandpa Popeye

DD calls her grandmothers Granny Bear and NayNay
Grandpa is PaPa

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 6:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
On my dad's side they were Granny and Granddaddy. My grandmother was remarried, so I called my dad's stepdad Granddaddy Holland (his last name) and his dad Granddaddy Clifton (his first name). There were many grandchildren before me, so those were the established grandparent names at the time.

On my mom's side, however, I was the first so I got to name the grandparents. Mee Maw for my grandmother, Paw Paw for my grandfather. Of course all the kids after me called them that...all the grandkids, great grandkids, the kids at church. Paw Paw always loved the name...but he always loved anything I came up with (sadly, he died last year. We were extremely close and I'm actually tearing up just writing this now. I miss him so much.).

Nana
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07-24-2004

Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nana a private message Print Post    
We are Nana and Bumpa cause we are two young to be called grandma and grandpa...lol...we let the other 3 set of grand parents claim the name grandma and grandpa...

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I only had one living grandparent and I called her GRANNY (from the Beverly Hillbillies.) My dad always used to say stuff like, Mother wants us in the kitchen now, etc. I adored my dad, but I found it kinda icky that he referred to his mom as Mother to me. She was his mom, not mine.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 11:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack Mame! My hubby does that to me with the kids! "What did Mother tell you?" "Go with Mother." I hate it! I think he does it cuz he knows I do hate it, lol.

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Wargod I honestly wouldn't have minded if he was calling my mom Mother, although my mom hates it - lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL it makes me feel like an old old woman! I've got an almost 7 year old and a 9 year old, up until the last six months or so the only thing I was called was mommy! Now my 9 year old calls me mom and I'm already starting to feel older, lol. Mother makes me feel positively ancient, which I'm not!

Redhalo
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08-19-2005

Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Redhalo a private message Print Post    
I am Grammy B...and I named myself. I am a grammy.....like the award

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Friday, September 23, 2005 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
LOL Redhalo! Luv it!

Isatoi
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07-20-2005

Monday, September 26, 2005 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Isatoi a private message Print Post    
Well, lets see. My Grandparents are called Grandmommy and Granddaddy by me, MeMaw and Granddad by my kids.(Yes my Grandparents are still alive and are in their 90's) THe other siblings call them ma maw and Papaw. Don't understand the many names just the way it came out. My Mothers Mother was TaTa. Her name was Stella and the kids couldn't say that so it came out TaTa and her hubby was granddaddy Buck(his first name) My DH and I are known as Grandma Lisa and Poppie(I am a step Grandparent) and They call their others MiMi and Grammy(that is also what my mother was called and what I would have been wanted to be called if I could choose. Really I hope my next ones just pick a name for me, it is so much more special that way.

Isatoi
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07-20-2005

Monday, September 26, 2005 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Isatoi a private message Print Post    
OOps forgot my Daddy, he is PeePaw.....

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
my nephew calls my mom 'granma' and my dad 'pawpaw'. he calls his other grandmother 'grammy' and grandfather 'papa casey'.

he calls me 'ain't cheryl' instead of the formal 'aunt' (using the autumn sound). of course, i pronounce it 'ant' but he promptly told me that i wasn't a bug.

not sure what his baby sister will call everyone as she is just now saying a few words.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
ooppps, double post. sorry.

Stcroix
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03-18-2005

Monday, October 24, 2005 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stcroix a private message Print Post    
This has been so interesting! I never knew there were so many names for us to choose from-- or to be 'given'! My new grandson is 4 months old and beginning to make cooing noises and laughing when he sees me. Grandchildren!!!!!

Abbynormal
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08-04-2001

Friday, October 28, 2005 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abbynormal a private message Print Post    
My son has a 3 yr old step-daughter so she already has a Grandma and Grandpa and Nana, and my mother has always been Granny. We got the honor of choosing what we wanted to be called, so we are Lolly and Pop. It is so cute to hear her call us that. BTW, we are expecting a new granddaughter in March. :-)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
<waving to lolly>

Amchess
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08-27-2002

Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amchess a private message Print Post    
I am Granny Annie!