May 22, 20187 yr I still find it odd when grown men refer to their grandparents by their childhood nicknames ('Mee-Maw', etc.) when there aren't any children around. It's hard to keep a straight face at a business conference when a man in a suit says, "I'm hoping to visit my Paw-Paw while I'm in town this week."
May 22, 20187 yr Dad's side- Grandmother Surname, Grandfather Surname Mom's side- Grandma Surname, Grandpa Surname From Texas But I married into the claptrap that is a Pa-Paw and MeeMaw and MaMaw and Meemi
May 22, 20187 yr 26 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said: Grandpa and Grandma. I'm from Texas. This. However, for my kids while both sides are Grandpa for the men, the women wanted Mimi and Oma.
May 22, 20187 yr One set, grandma and grandpa, other Oma and Opa, although she becomes Grossmutter when she was upset with us. My kids call my mom Mimi for whatever reason. Not sure why it’s gaining in popularity.
May 22, 20187 yr From Texas. Nanny and Papa & Mom and Poppy. Have no idea why or how the Mom came about, but that whole side of the family does it. It really through my wife for a loop when she was brought into the fold
May 22, 20187 yr Author 2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: One set, grandma and grandpa, other Oma and Opa, although she becomes Grossmutter when she was upset with us. My kids call my mom Mimi for whatever reason. Not sure why it’s gaining in popularity. I had a Mimi too but that was her nickname, not her "grandmother name." And both my dad and I called his dad Pops. Mom's side -- more nicknames from their youth: Moe and Susy. Moe got that name during the war -- he got stuck with it in the Army, and it was short for Moron. And he bore it proudly for the next 60 years. Susy had another name but her obstetrician pretty much decided she was a little Susy and that was that.
May 22, 20187 yr Maternal, Texas: Grandad and step grandma's name, but as I got older I called her Grandma. It's just what felt right. Paternal, Colorado: Grandma and step grandpa's name. You didn't call him "Grandpa" or "Grandad," but he did teach me fishin, basic carpentry/ plumbing, and that keeping a Hustler out in the toolchest in the garage was OK. He loved us grandkids like a motherfucker, but nobody called him anything but his given name. My kids( Texas) call my mom "Nana" like the end of banana I am 47 and want my grandkids to call me, "Grandad" like I did mine; but I bet they make that call with or without my consent. LOL. Edited May 22, 20187 yr by slorch
May 22, 20187 yr Maternal: Gramama, Grandaddy. Paternal: Bigmama. Bigdaddy. I have been tested. I am whiter than Prince Harry. I am from Selma, Alabama. Gramama and Grandaddy from same general region. Bigmama and Bigdaddy were from southern Mississippi hills. We have a song about us. Edited May 22, 20187 yr by RDCanecutter gotta have a fiddle in the band.
May 22, 20187 yr Grandma and grandpa, and I'm from Texas. However not one of my 4 grandparents could speak english, and my spanish is not amazing so I always had a hard time communicating with them. The "meemaw, pawpaw, nana" shit sounds so weird when spoken by someone over the age of 10. Never understood it.
May 22, 20187 yr Always called them Grandma and Grandpa. I’m from Virginia/North Carolina (Marine Corps brat). My wife’s family is from East Texas and they do all that dumb shit like Papaw, Memmie, Mamaw, Nana, etc.
May 22, 20187 yr Depends. If I am talking to someone outside my immediate family, I refer to them as my Grandma and Grandpa. But if I'm talking to immediate family, or to him directly, my grandpa gets the special "Grandy" treatment. (miss ya Grandy) Austin born & raised Edited May 22, 20187 yr by GotThatFire
May 22, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Bash Riprock said: Grandpa and Grandma. I'm from Texas. Same, although my parents and grandparents are/were all from Kansas. Edited May 22, 20187 yr by Art Vandelay
May 22, 20187 yr Growing up in South Texas:Mom’s side: ma and paDad’s side: mom and Pete My kids, in Austin, call my parents meemaw and peepaw and my MIL, grandma Kris. They’ve never met my wife’s dad so they don’t call him shit.
May 22, 20187 yr One side - Granny and Granddad Other side - Mammy and Pawpaw Grew up on the south plains of west Texas. When I refer to them to business or casual acquaintances they are called grandparents or grandmother and granddad. All but one of them are gone now.
May 22, 20187 yr In my parent's native language there's a different word for paternal and maternal grandfather. Same for grandmother. It's just overly complicated.
May 22, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, ajax said: In my parent's native language there's a different word for paternal and maternal grandfather. Same for grandmother. It's just overly complicated. Chao Bac
May 23, 20187 yr Poppa and Grammie on mom's side. Geeses because I butchered whatever it was she was wanting me to call her on my dad's side. ChaCha for my grandfather because I was an insensitive little prick as a vocalizing toddler and that was the vocalization of what I thought his Parkinson's tremors looked like.
May 23, 20187 yr Fort Worth, all 4 deceased, but..... dads side = Dowie & Papaw moms side = Grandma & Grandpa
May 23, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, RDCanecutter said: Maternal: Gramama, Grandaddy. Paternal: Bigmama. Bigdaddy. I have been tested. I am whiter than Prince Harry. I am from Selma, Alabama. Gramama and Grandaddy from same general region. Bigmama and Bigdaddy were from southern Mississippi hills. We have a song about us. We’s to treat him like like white folks, BigDaddy?
May 23, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Zepol87 said: Paternal: Ama and Apa That's some old-school Pedro Infante stuff.
May 23, 20187 yr 36 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: We’s to treat him like like white folks, BigDaddy? "Why do all yo children have dog names?"
May 23, 20187 yr Born in Florida. Called my maternal GPs there Grandmother & Grandaddy. Grandmother was full Seminole & was not to be fucked with, or you'd hear "Go cut me a switch". Not good if you heard that. Paternal GPs in Tennessee were called Nanny (but spelled Nana ... weird) & Papa. All by their choice. Edited May 23, 20187 yr by wood
May 23, 20187 yr Never had a grandpa, died before I was born. Nana (dad's side)Gran (moms side)Both passed, nana 20 years ago and gran 2.
May 23, 20187 yr Mamere and Papere...south Jefferson county (Port Neches/Groves). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 23, 20187 yr Haven't seen this one yet, surprisingly. Maternal grandparents were grandmom and granddad. Didn't know my paternal.
May 23, 20187 yr Maternal were Ma and Grandad.Paternal were Grandad and Can Can.I was the first grandchild so everyone followed suit.Still not sure where Can Can came from. But she liked it.Miss all of them. From Dallas.
May 23, 20187 yr Mom's side is Mawmaw and Pawpaw, Dad's side was firstnamemommy and Grandaddy. Parents are Nonnie and Poppa, but my daughter calls me Papa, so I usually refer to my dad as Potato. Wife's parents are Lulu and Aboo (their youngest grandkid called him that when he was little and couldn't say abuelo).
May 23, 20187 yr Didn't really have a relationship with my mom's parents (called my mom's mom Nanny). My dad's parents - Gangy and Paw Paw. My cousin (dad's sister's daughter) tried to call my grandmother Grandma but it came out Gangy and it stuck. My mom is MeeMaw and my dad is Pap Pap for my son. I'm from TX.
May 23, 20187 yr Dad's dad ran away when he was a kid, so never met him. Dad's mom was Nanny. Mom's parents were Papaw and Papaw's Nanny. She died when I was 5 so that really only came up when discussing her in the past tense. My kids call there grandparents on my side UhUh and MamaUhUh, or if you are my daughter, she has change that to MaUh and Uh. The story is that when my son was little, they had him over for a week and my mom was still working. My dad spend the entire weeking telling my son after he touched something 'Nuhuh' constantly. And so my son just started calling him that.
May 23, 20187 yr Dead. This. Maternal: pawpaw (actually not really sure how we spelled it) and grandma. Paternal: Lita and Lito (short for abuelita and abuelito) Oh yeah... I was born and raised in Houston, my mom is from San Antonio and my pops is from Costa Rica (Lita was Brazilian, Lito was Costa Rican).
May 23, 20187 yr Dad side: pawpaw, grama Mom side: Ed, nana Born on the Island - the little barrier island South of Houston
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