2007-04-09 06:49:44 · 13 answers · asked by memaw2be 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I am from South Louisiana and here Memaw means grandmother. All the cajuns around here use it.
2007-04-09 06:53:30 · answer #1 · answered by mominla 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My cousin's fiance is from North Carolina, and she calls her grandmother memaw, but so does her mother, aunts, and uncles. Not sure where it comes from, but I know it's more common in the southern part of the US.
2007-04-09 09:47:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where it originated (we are from Kentucky/Ohio) but we called my grandma memaw and my grandpa papaw. I have never heard of a mother being called memaw only grandma
2007-04-09 06:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by julie_cano2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memaw and mamaw are both forms of grandma as where they come from no clue, maybe babynese?
2007-04-09 06:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by The Invisible Woman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always called my great grandmother or grandmother memaw. I think it's southern.
2007-04-09 06:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by loveonna 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
memaw is a form of grandmother
2007-04-09 06:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anita G 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Memaw is usually what children call their grandmother. I don't know where is orginates from, but this is what my son calls my mother.
2007-04-09 06:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by yahoocraze 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ive always heard that being refered to as grandma but being a mother in my opinion mommy is my favorite (even though my 3 year old calls me mom and it kinda drives me up the wall)
2007-04-09 06:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by crystal b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually thought it was a nickname for a Grandma, not a mom. I think it has Southern roots.
2007-04-09 06:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that's what we called my great grandmother. I've never heard of anyone calling their mother that.
2007-04-09 06:53:24 · answer #10 · answered by Lisa A 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋