Alan & Brenda Leonard

2/18/03 22:24:

> Does anybody have any sweet grandparent names?

The Germans use Oma and Opa. Long o sound. Added benefit that those are
easy for little kids to say, so they don't turn into things like "Gumma".

My grandparents had different names (Grandma & Grandpa, Granny & Gramps),
and I like that for my son, too. Then we don't get into the Grandma Leonard
and Grandma Killen bit. So my parents (who have other grandkids) are the
standard Grandma and Grandpa, and my dh's (for whom Tim is the only
grandchild) chose to be Oma and Opa.

Just as a funny aside on this, I have a great aunt still alive. When Tim
met her for the first time, he was 4, and we had explained that she was his
Great-Great Aunt Anna. In his mind, that was two greats and two annas, so 2
people. He must have asked her 8 times during that first visit where the
other Anna was! In the end, he called her Aunt Anna, just like I do!

brenda

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> > Does anybody have any sweet grandparent names?
>
We had a "Doolie"---her name is Julia, and when my older cousin tried to say
Julie, he got "Doolie". The whole town knew her as "Doolie". My other
grandmother was known as "Ganny" (my first attempt at Granny) and "Tubby", my
cousins' name for her (she never liked that). The only grandfather I knew was
"Randdaddy". My cousins had Kaki" and "Skinner".

Ben's grandmothers were "Ebby" (a child's attempt at Evelyn) and everyone
knew her as Ebby, "Nana", and "Granma Lovejoy". His grandfather was "DeeDee".

Ben's dad is "Grandad" and "Granpa Mike". Cameron calls my father "Opa";
Duncan has shortened it to "Pa". Our mothers are now "Grams", "Granma Jill",
and---

MY mother has always been difficult. She wanted a "cute" name like Doolie;
she made it into a production. At first we said Oma or Omi (Cameron was born
in Germany, and that's what all our neighbors called them), but she didn't
like that. She wanted some childspeak form of Nancy, her name. Cameron could
SAY Nancy, so she didn't get anything "cute". So she decided on "Nanche' ". I
thought it sounded Mexican, so we started to call her "Grandma Taco"---she
DIDN'T like that. She finally settled on "Nanny" with Cameron. But she makes
Duncan call her "Nanee' "---accent on the "e" (like Pam's Grandmama' " <g>).

~Kelly



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Angie <[email protected]>

My mom is called "Rooney". Her name is Linda. Don't know how I came
up with "Rooney" as a kid, but now, my DD calls her that, instead of
a Grandma knockoff of some kind. DD calls her Grandfather on her
Dad's side "Granpa Ito". I think Ito is spanish for Grandfather...


--- In [email protected], kbcdlovejo@a... wrote:
>
> > > Does anybody have any sweet grandparent names?
> >
> We had a "Doolie"---her name is Julia, and when my older cousin
tried to say
> Julie, he got "Doolie". The whole town knew her as "Doolie". My
other
> grandmother was known as "Ganny" (my first attempt at Granny)
and "Tubby", my
> cousins' name for her (she never liked that). The only grandfather
I knew was
> "Randdaddy". My cousins had Kaki" and "Skinner".
>
> Ben's grandmothers were "Ebby" (a child's attempt at Evelyn) and
everyone
> knew her as Ebby, "Nana", and "Granma Lovejoy". His grandfather
was "DeeDee".
>
> Ben's dad is "Grandad" and "Granpa Mike". Cameron calls my
father "Opa";
> Duncan has shortened it to "Pa". Our mothers are
now "Grams", "Granma Jill",
> and---
>
> MY mother has always been difficult. She wanted a "cute" name like
Doolie;
> she made it into a production. At first we said Oma or Omi (Cameron
was born
> in Germany, and that's what all our neighbors called them), but she
didn't
> like that. She wanted some childspeak form of Nancy, her name.
Cameron could
> SAY Nancy, so she didn't get anything "cute". So she decided
on "Nanche' ". I
> thought it sounded Mexican, so we started to call her "Grandma
Taco"---she
> DIDN'T like that. She finally settled on "Nanny" with Cameron. But
she makes
> Duncan call her "Nanee' "---accent on the "e" (like Pam's
Grandmama' " <g>).
>
> ~Kelly
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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In a message dated 2/19/03 8:02:16 AM, angiehewerdine@... writes:

<< I think Ito is spanish for Grandfather... >>

Abuelo
"Abuelito" is the sweeter version.
Poor guy only got the suffix! <g>

Sandra

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In a message dated 2/19/03 1:29:47 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< << I think Ito is spanish for Grandfather... >>

Abuelo
"Abuelito" is the sweeter version.
Poor guy only got the suffix! <g>
>>

I have a friend that married into a Costa Rican family, the kids refer to
Grandma as Abba I think...I'll have to ask her. It is a shortened version of
Abuela though...

Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."

----Frances Hodgson Burnett