i know so many people who call their grandma that. is it like a nickname?
2007-11-21 04:20:08 · 6 answers · asked by clare renee b 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
It's just a tradition. I personally call my aunt who has lived with us forever Nana..and my grandma is oma because she is from Germany and...she likes it that way. I called my Dad's mom granny, or gramma or something it. It depends on the family..it's a nickname, and kind of shows more of an intimacy w/ your grandparent then..if they were to just say Grandma or Grandmother. Down here in the south a lot of people call their grandma "me maw"..and their grandpa's papa..but it all depends on the family.
2007-11-21 05:04:02 · answer #1 · answered by Becky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do like it my mother decided to be Nana because that is what she called her grandma and her mom called her grandma and so on its not just a way to distinguish. Some families use it a sort of tradition it really is a personal choice and I will probably do it too.
2007-11-21 12:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by T T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all the time. It's mostly how they were raise and there use to call he nanna then grandma I use to call my grandma ma but I still do but most people just say nanna then grandma.
thats all I have to say
2007-11-21 12:26:30 · answer #3 · answered by roxy_baby2007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a nickname...I don't like it though.
I think most people do this b/c some children have 2 sets of grandparents (father's mom and the mother's mom) so maybe one would be called grandma and the other is called nana...
sometimes they call the "great" grandma nana...it's easier for a child to say than to say Great grandma.
2007-11-21 12:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by sierra_91_2000 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just to pick on you..Come on, who cares?
2007-11-21 12:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Unbreakable Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all people do.....I call my grandmother ....gram... or big mama...depending which grandmother I am referring to..
2007-11-21 12:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋