What do the grandchildren call you?

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I’m Nana, as was my mother, and both my grandmothers. Mr B is Grandpa to one family and Grandda to the other, because the little one couldn’t pronounce Grandpa, so Grandda stuck.

When I was little, there didn’t seem to be this nonsense there is today about 'oh well my mum’s going to be Nana so you’ll have to be Nanny/Granny/Grandma etc. Both my grandmothers were Nana, with their surname added on, so Nana Brown and Nana Green (not their real names). Probably a bit formal for today, but why not Nana Jane and Nana Sue? We never got confused as children.

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Well, it’s not something you’d want to argue about or cause bad feeling over, it’s not really important

It’s up to the parents really, and the children themselves and often names stick when children mispronounce

My brother is still known as Mice-eee in some circles because as a bane he couldn’t pronounce Michael

I just got the impressions that some of my friends were choosing what they wanted to be called and going for a ‘cool’ name rather than the traditional

Both my grandmothers were granny, I can’t ever remember getting confused as a child?

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My Grandkids all call me “Grandad”

My own grandfather was “Pom Pom” because I couldn’t say Grandfather - or at least that is what I am told, I don’t remember.

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My grandsons call the wife Nanny Jen and call me Bampi Mike…Bampi being a Welsh term for Grampy

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I am called Grandma by my grandchildren,and nanny by my step grandchildren.

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My Granddaughter is 22 now and has always called me Nanny Noo, my Grandson is almost 20 and used to call me Nanna in his younger days but now calls me Nan.

Mr M has always been Grandpa. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I am called Grandma. That’s what l wanted.
My 4 year old granddaughter sometimes calls me by my first name which is fine by me!

My ex husband will only be called by his first name.

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The little ones Nanny and the older ones Nan.

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Nanna and Grandad.

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If i had any i would be gran and other half grandpa.

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Not sure it is a fashion I just think that people are just more relaxed and less formal maybe.
My cousins called their grandpa grandma yoyo and yaya.
I guess gangan is probably a toddler failed attempt to say granny and it stayed as such…such names are probably all mostly invented by toddlers.

My cousin heard everyone calling their granddad JOJO for Georges and could not pronounced j so it became yoyo and all the other kids followed and yoyo’s wife then was named yaya. :joy:

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I remember my cheeky middle son trying to call me by my first name so I told him if he didn’t like “Dad” he could call me “Sir”. He still does to this day :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: Cheeky sod!

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Having up thread, spoke of hardly ever hearing from my teen G/Ds. Out of the blue last night, I got a text. (Hello grandpa, how are you) Could have knocked me down with a feather. Wonder if there’s some physic connection going on?

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Aww that is a lovely coincidence, Dave! I hope you have a nice chat/text

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All the grandkids were raised to call my wife and I grandpa and grandma

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That’s nice, Kimmer, good to meet you xx

I called both my granny’s granny, my grandfather’s died before I was born but I know my mum called hers Granfer

My own boys called my mum and dad Grandma and Grandad,

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Who knows when they’re not with us?

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Grandad Besoeker.

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I haven’t got grandchildren but my son and niece’s and nephews call my parents gran and grandad.

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I’m Grandma their other grandma’s are Nana