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Oct 6, 2022 · There are millions of grandmas. The proper name I use for my grandma is "Grandma". So "Grandma" is one person, but "a grandma" is one of many people. "My grandma" and "my grandmother" have determiners, so they are not names. The names are different in different families: Granny, Grady, Grandma, Grandmother, Gigi, etc.
Jan 23, 2021 · Senior Member. USA / EEUU. English - US. Jan 23, 2021. #3. "Grandma's" is correct. The other form would be rarely if ever used. S.
Jun 8, 2008 · Agreeing with the others, and adding that sometimes the name for "Grandma" is tied to how far the grandchild's speech has developed. For example, when my grandson was just learning to talk: - If I was not present, his mother was "Mama". - If I was present, his mother became "Mommy", and I was "Mama". - My husband was "Papa".
Jan 26, 2010 · Poland. Polish. Jan 27, 2010. #6. I think many middle-aged women who become grandmothers do not feel ready to be called grandma - "babcia". That is why their grand-children are taugtht to call them otherwise. The other reason for using less usual names may be that a child invents itself a name for its grandmother.
Dec 21, 2018 · 1. These are my grandma and my grandpa. [A boy is introducing his grandparents to his friend, they are all together in one room, near each other] 2. They are my grandma and my grandpa. [A boy is explaining who are these people on the picture or at the same room, but not near him - say, at the opposite corner of the room ] Thanks! T.
Feb 24, 2009 · Feb 24, 2009. #2. "Omi" is a diminutive for "Oma". It is the same for Opa/Opi. I do not know if "Oma" is a diminutive. It depends on regions and family tradition, whether you use "Oma" or "Omi". I also heard "Großmutter" ("grandma") and "Großvater" ("grandpa") but it was not used in my own family. There is no difference in the names between ...
Jun 15, 2008 · Jun 15, 2008. #1. In a movie, a guy says to another (a Mob guy): If we don't deal with (on) this now, soon, little, uh, Gambol here won't be able to get a, a nickel for his grandma. (In the movie Gambol is a black guy, who gets very pissed off when he hears this.) I need to know if "a nickel for gis grandma" would mean "a bag of marihuana for ...
Dec 14, 2019 · Dec 16, 2019. #7. dharasty said: Seeking assistance to solve a little bit of a family mystery: My grandmother elected to have her grandkids call her "Busha", which I was always told was Polish for "grandmother". Then, when my mother became a grandmother, she elected the same. Seeking to verify this (as I'm now writing my mother's eulogy), I can ...
Mar 7, 2016 · There are a great many names for grandparents in British English: Female: grandma, granny, gran, nan, nana. Male: granda, grandpa, gramps, grandad. In theory 'grandma' is paired with 'grandpa', and 'granny' with 'grandad', but in practice people call their grandparents whatever their grandparents ask to be called.
Feb 19, 2013 · Turkey. English/Welsh. Mar 6, 2013. #12. Much obliged! I'm amazed to see such a similarity with Welsh – in my dialect of Welsh (spoken in the north of the country), “taid” is grandfather and “nain” is grandmother, but in the south “tad” is father (as in the North) and “tad-cu” grandfather; “mam” is mother (as in the North ...
