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madamesilverspurs

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4. Paternal grandparents were rather formal,

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sun Jun 29, 2025, 03:13 PM

Jun 29

they were simply "Grampa" and "Grandma". To all of her grandkids, my maternal grandmother was "Nana", except for me. For some unknown reason I chose to call her "Numdi", and she seemed to like it.

I have no kids, no grands. Probably a good thing. As cranky as I've been lately, I hate to imagine what they'd call me!

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EDIT What are the names that your children gave their grandparents? Grandmother was me-me. Grandfather was pap pap. Or [View all] debm55 Jun 29 OP

Just checking. debm55 Jun 29 #1

I don't have any grandkids to call me anything...lol FirstLight Jun 29 #2

Thank you very much FirstLight. I have no Grandkids either. debm55 Jun 29 #3

Paternal grandparents were rather formal, madamesilverspurs Jun 29 #4

HAHAHAHAH. Thank you madamesilverspurs. That is funny. debm55 Jun 29 #6

We had some difficulty pronouncing "Great Grandmother" Permanut Jun 29 #5

I like that. Thank you Permanut. debm55 Jun 29 #7

my youngest nephew did the same DBoon Jun 29 #8

No kids, no grands for me. I decided that early in life irisblue Jun 29 #9

Thank you very much for the interesting post, irisbue. debm55 Jun 29 #14

Mao and meow catbyte Jun 29 #10

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAH. that is great. Thank you catbyte. debm55 Jun 29 #13

My mom's father was "Grandaddy" and her stepmother was Hilda. yellowdogintexas Jun 29 #11

Thank you very much for sharing with us. yellowdogintexas. debm55 Jun 29 #12

Just the usual Grandma and Grandpa............... BUT!.... some_of_us_are_sane Jun 29 #15