Does anybody know of any names for higher society people to call their mom, dad, grandma or grandpa? My cousin goes around calling his grandma Nona all the time & around here its more of a name that people w/ money call there relatives. Im just curious is there any names like that for grandpa or mom or dads? Like granpy? or something ive looked it up & cant find anything so ANYBODY please help & thnx!
2007-12-25 03:25:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Nona is a common form to call grandparents and has nothing to do with wealth but a family tradition. Nana is also common.
I've known many rich people (used to work at a brokerage firm) and most go by Grandma and Grandpa. In some cases (where there isn't a whole lot of warmth) it is Grandmother and Grandfather. Otherwise, the nomenclature is just like everybody else, regardless of wealth.
2007-12-25 03:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nona or Nana is Italian for grandmother, pronounced NahNah.
There really isn't any such thing as higher society names for anything. Sometimes people know someone who has a little more(in other word they have an extra sack of potatos) than they do and they might use certain names but it has nothing to do with their social strata. It makes some think it is high society.
If the Rockefellers had not attained wealth and were mostly simple shopkeepers, clerks etc, their name would still be Rockefeller.
We get a lot of silly nitwit girls asking about what name sounds good with a certain name. Sometimes the attempt to make a name sound "special" they wind up being absurd.
Actually the word Mommie is one that amuses me. It is adult baby talk that is now passed on to children. Mama (pronounced Momma) is pretty much a generic term for mother in many languages, and children have never had problems saying it anymore than adults. But I think a lot of movies have used the word Mommie as the phony entertainment people come up with junk like that.
I feel if you don't know how a person addresses or refers to their parents, you should stick to the formal mother and father if you make a comment referencing them. I feel it is an intrusion for someone to say to me "your mom" or "your dad."
Also when people get the notion that a name is something that the so called well to do use, they start using it as they want to appear that they come from a well to do background and pretty soon it is quite common. It was probably a prominent well to do family that first called their son "Bubba." Its time for people to get over this silliness.
2007-12-25 05:00:01 · answer #2 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Names Of Grandmothers
2016-12-11 15:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not likely for you to find some list that does not exist.
Nicknames for any relative is simply what a family is used to doing. Has nothing at all to do with "people w/ money" or society. My grandchildren (from one of my children) are overwhelmed on the dad's side with many living grandmothers, step grandmothers, gr grandmothers... I finally gave up and told my daughter to mention me as Granny Faraway. Because I am... far away. It's just made up. I hope that I get to see them more... so they don't try looking up the Faraway family someday, to see where it comes from.
You may get different pet names from different cultures or countries (Poland, Spanish, so forth). But money has nothing to do with it.
2007-12-25 10:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by wendy c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard snobs on TV shows call their father "Pater", which is latin, I think.
I've made a decent income most of my life and haven't ever done time. I don't use "goes" for "said", "replied", "asked" or "retorted".
("So I go, 'but will you respect me in the morning?'
And he goes 'sure I will, sweetie; now sign this here contract for the La-Z-boy recliner'")
I drink varietal wine. I own my own tuxedo.
Don't know if that qualifies me as upper crust. The tux doesn't, since it is the only suit I own. My wife's business has a black-tie ball every year, and if I put it back in the bag the same night I wear it, I can go 3 - 4 years between cleanings, so it is cheaper than renting. I look pretty spiffy in it, though, and back when my daughter took ballet, it added some pizazz to the performances her dance school put on.
I used "grandpa" and "grandma" until they died. I use "Mom" and "Dad" for my parents.
I use "Mother" and "Father", and did use "Grandmother" and "Grandfather" when introducing them; "Elizabeth, this is my grandmother, Anne", as opposed to "Leroy, this here's my pa, Bubba".
That brings to mind the redneck hound on a quest for vengence. He wanted to find the man who shot his paw.
2007-12-25 04:52:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
According the The Preppy Handbook, THE names for one's parents are Mummy and Daddy. I don't believe it mentions grandparents. Maybe you could find out what Prince Wills calls the Queen and Prince Philip.
2007-12-25 03:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by aida 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus says in the book of Matthew 23:9 Not to call anyone "father" for your only Father is your Father God in Heaven. So I would get another name for your dad. You might even want to say "hay" just to be in the safe side.
2007-12-25 03:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by geessewereabove 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ignore the guy with the Matt. 23:9. If you are going to refer to the bible, know what its talking about. Jesus called his own parents by mother and father. Matt 23:9 refers to religious leaders (priests) who want to be called "Father so and so". Because we all have one "Spiritual" father....God.
(for your dad try papa)
2007-12-25 03:35:47 · answer #8 · answered by NicaChica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋