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Question:MaMa and PaPa
Grandmother and Granddaddy

Others I know who call theirs:
Granddad and Mammy
Granny and Big
Nanna and Pop
MeMa and PaPa
Grandy


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Grandmother and Granddaddy

Others I know who call theirs:
Granddad and Mammy
Granny and Big
Nanna and Pop
MeMa and PaPa
Grandy

Gram and grandpa.

I have a friend who says Oma and Opa and another who says Granny and Gramps.

All depends on how you grew up I guess.

Gran and Gampa (maternal)
Nana and Big Daddy (paternal)

I call my grandma Busha and my grandpa Jaja. I think it's supposed to be Polish but I'm not sure of the direct translation, it's just what I've always called them.

Baa=grandmother
Dadaji=Grandfather
From the language of Gujarati, spoken in western India.

Well on my father's side, I call my grandpa 'ong noi' and my grandmother 'ba noi'.

While on my mother's side 'pepere' and my grandmother 'memere' or I just plainly call them 'grand-papa' and 'grand-mama'.

Eh, the joys of being French and Viet. :D

All four were addressed as Grandma and Grampa, followed by their surnames.

Rather formal.

I am known to most of my grandchildren as Grampa Boomer (first name), except for one that addresses me as Pee-Pa. And I don't care.

I didn't know any of my Grandparents. They all passed away before i was born. My Grandchildren call me "NANA" and their Grandfather "PAWPAW". I sure didn't want to be called "GRANNY"! I'm a young "NANA"!

Grammy and Pop-Pop

One set was "Nana and Grandpa" the other "Grandma and Grandad"

Before they passed on in 1991 within 2 1/2 months of each other after 63 years of marriage, I just called them Grandma and Grandpa , and their surname of Coston when outside the family (Grandma Coston, in other words). I never once called them by their given names of Sara or Lloyd (his full name was Charles Lloyd, but he went by his middle name).

I had Granny and Grandma/Granddaddy and Grandpa.
Here in bush Alaska, they call them Gram and Uppa.
My sister's husband has a Nanny.

My family was just like Boomers. We called them grandma and grandpa when we were in their presence; but called them grandma and grandpa and their (surname) when we were talking about them. Things haven't really changed in the family. My daughter refers to her grandparents the same way.

My great grandmother was alive the first ten years of my life and I called her grandma as well (even though she was my great grandmother.) My mother in law likes to be called Gi-Gi by her great grandchildren. (Short for great grandma)

We are Granny and Grandad to our son's children. But their other grandparents are Mormor and Morfar (Danish). We were asked if we'd like to be Farmor and Farfar - so easy to understand the relationships - but declined.

Our daughter's kids have a Memere on the other side of the family, Pepere having died before they were born. This is Acadian usage.

Grandma or Mama & Grandpa (Granddad).
Do U know that I was born (1983) on the same day as William Henry Harrison (1773) (9th US Pst), that is Feb 9th & my dad (1951) the same day as Abraham Lincoln (1809) (16th US Pst), that is Feb 12th?