What kind of names did you guys use with your grandparents? Was it from a cultural thing, or a mispronunciation, or a request from the grandparent?
I had Grandmama and Granddaddy on my dad's side. And, those are the names my parents go by for my nieces/nephews.
On my mom's side, I had G'mama. She was a G'mama by the time my mom was 6 months old. Everyone in the town called her G'mama.
Others in my family (cousins' grandparents and my niece/nephew other grandparents) include: Nana and Papa; Meemaw and Peepaw; Mamaw and Pappaw (not sure how to spell those).
ION, I feel so much better today. Still coughing and still have a rattly chest, but I actually slept 8 hours last night. Not solid, I woke up a few times, but fell back asleep pretty quickly.
I do have to go back to work tomorrow, though. I really feel like I wasted my Spring Break by being sick through half of it.
ack.. go back to bed, Susan. drink what you can and sleep.
I just found the downside of a short vacation with lots of sleep, just the right amount of wine, and just enough physical exercise. DH is back to his energizer bunny self. so far he has finished his book ( without napping) , read all the internets, mowed the lawn ( which he hates) including the side yard, and he is now playing in the garage.
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Laga, I adore those. But what I really need are the martini glasses: [link]
What kind of names did you guys use with your grandparents? Was it from a cultural thing, or a mispronunciation, or a request from the grandparent?
On my dad's side of the family, YiaYia and Papou (Greek), and my dad is Papou to Matilda. Not that she calls him by name yet (though today she did start calling his cat by name), but if you ask her, "Where is Papou?" she'll either point to him or pat him on the shoulder.
On my mom's side, Nana (and my mom is Nana to Matilda) and Cappy, because our grandfather had a sailboat of which he was the captain. One of our cousins called them Nana and Papa, and the other Nana and Grampa, and he cheerfully answered to all three and always remembered who called him what and signed all birthday cards accordingly.
I am loving hearing everyone else's stories, what names y'all used or use and why.
Oh I'm so relieved. I was upset when I heard Queen Latifah was the new Jenny Craig spokesperson because she is such a great role model for being beautiful no matter what shape you are. I just saw a commercial and it's all about finding
your
ideal size. I wonder if she had a say in the campaign.
My father's father was dead before I was born (so I never called him anything.) We called my father's mother "Gran" and my mother's parents were Obachama and Ojichama. (Not that we actually saw them or anything.)
I had Honey on my dad's side - not sure where it came from. On my mom's side, I had Nanny Gay (Gay was her last name). No grandfathers and neither grandma was very much on the scene either.
Poor me had no grandparents. My kids call their grandparents Grandma and Grandpa. We is boring.
Getting caught up....
ChiKat, I am so glad you and your kitty are safe! What a scary thing to go through.
Stephanie, Ellie and Frisco are just too cute together. He's developing quite the personality. vw's nephew is a cutie too. They're all getting so big!
I called my mom's mom Grandma, and her step-father, Grandpa. The previous husband (my grandma was all about the serial marriage), and the man I really and truly consider the one true grandfather, was Pap-pap. My father's mother was Nonna. I never knew my father's father because he was killed right after WWII, but whenever we talk about him it's always "Nonno." (Nonna and nonno are Italian for grandmother/grandma and grandfather/grandpa.)
My mother's half-brother is Uncle Jim. My father's brothers are Uncle Tony/Zio Toto and Uncle Pepe/Zio Pepe, depending on what language is being spoken. His sister is either Zia Rosa or Titi (with the accent on the second -ti). When my sister was a baby, she couldn't say "Zia Rosa" and somehow we ended up with Titi, and it stuck. His oldest brother, Domenico, was always Zio Mimi (again with the accent on the second syllable.)
My parents also have two names, depending upon what language we're speaking. In English, it's Mom and Pappa and in Italian, it's Mamma and Papa'. (I'm too lazy to put the accent mark on properly. If there's no accent mark, then it translates to "pope" rather than "dad.")
