Im pregnant at the moment and my mother insists on being called Grandma as she think Nan is for chav or at least working class English people that read take a break magazines is that correct?
2006-11-29 06:19:39 · 14 answers · asked by oceanwaves 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
It's granny for neds.
2006-11-29 06:27:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No! It's very hard for a young child to get their tongue around the word Grandma, nan is much easier! Nan is not a chav word, my mum is neither a chav nor common but she takes pride in the fact that she's a nan to my nephew. It will take your child a lot longer to call her Grandma, if she's happy with that then that's up to her...
2006-11-29 14:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jo_Diva 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've got a Grandma and a Nan and we're not chavs or posh
2006-11-29 14:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by Rhapsody 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea, in the US, very few people call their mom's mom - Nan, it's not that common. Most everyone says Grandma. The only people I have known to use Nan or Nana are caucasians or African-Americans.
2006-11-29 14:28:31 · answer #4 · answered by GirlUdontKnow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always called mine Grandma, I've never known anyone call theirs nan, it is a fairly lazy term to use though, I guess the association with chavs is due to it being a shortened name. I don't particularly like Granny either, it makes her sounds like a twee little old lady with a cat on her lap.
2006-11-29 14:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by kpk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely correct.
Only chavs have Nans, and ultra chavs have Peshwari Nans (they're the ones with coconut and raisins in the middle).
People who really know about curries have chapatis instead.
2006-11-29 14:22:35 · answer #6 · answered by George D 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I say grandma coz when I say nan i do think of chavs in burberry!
2006-11-30 07:07:43 · answer #7 · answered by PrincessNatalie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My children have a nan and they aren't chavs!! But then I don't drink Martini either, it's far too common lol.
2006-11-29 14:23:10 · answer #8 · answered by katieplatie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say no!! I had two sets of grandparents (no surprises there) and to make thing easier for me and my sister we called one grandma and one nan, and I have to say my nan was by far the more upperclass. Congradulations by the way!
2006-11-30 05:23:09 · answer #9 · answered by joanna b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Grandma sounds good. I haven't heard people call their grandmother "grandma" for a long time. It's time we brought this word back into fashion.
2006-11-29 16:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's just for chavs. Grandma sounds so much nicer, don't you think?
2006-11-29 14:33:06 · answer #11 · answered by Tigger girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋