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| View Poll Results: What did you grow up calling your grandparents" | |||
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17 | 42.50% |
| Something similar (Papa, granny, etc) |
  
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7 | 17.50% |
| Something different and/or unique! |
  
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16 | 40.00% |
| Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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10-05-2008, 09:37 AM
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What Texans call our grandparents
Greetings fellow Texans!
I haven't started a poll in several weeks, so this Sunday seems a good time to do so. It is intended to be light-hearted and funny, and the topic concerns what we Texans call our grandparents! Before posting the poll, let me backtrack and explain a bit as to how the idea orginated... A few years back, I came across a "sociological survey" which showed that Southerners (defined for this particular poll as the 11 Old Confederate States plus Kentucky and Oklahoma) were vastly more likely to have some sort of "different and unique" name for their grandparents than were other Americans! Most others just used the generic "grandpa" or "grandma". However, those down here tended to be much more "colorful"...and often didn't even know how or WHY it was ever so. For instance, "mee-maw" or poo-paw" or whatever...LOL I mentioned this on another chat forum frequented by some of us who write for the webzine (USADeepSouth) and the general consensus that emerged was that, yeah, it is true! Further, we all started sharing our own "pet" names of the day, and it literally got hilarious with some of the ones mentioned! For instance, I called my mother's mother "moo-maw." I have NO idea as to how it originated or why. I continued to do so up until the day she passed away, as did all my siblings. I even asked my grandmother once (when grown) if she knew the origins of it...and she didn't! LOL Anyway, this poll asks if it is true that we native Texans are more likely than those in the Northeast, Midwest or Far West to have some crazy name for our grandparents! Would love to hear the accompanying comments and names as well!  Last edited by TexasReb; 10-05-2008 at 09:47 AM.. 
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10-05-2008, 09:40 AM
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I might add that since we obviously all have/had more than one grandparent (or great-grandparents), the question applies to as to how you referred to most of them!
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10-05-2008, 09:53 AM
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The only "unique" name for a grandparent that's in our family is the name my sister's children called my mother, and its origins are far from unique. They called her "Gaga", because the first grandchild as a tiny child learning to speak couldn't pronounce "Grandma" and that's how it came out.
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10-05-2008, 11:49 AM
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My grandma (she passed in the 90s) was called Honey and g'pa was Ferg (abbrevation of last name) which everyone called him. Now my aunt have taken the name of Honey for her grandkids and that's weird to hear! Step mom has my kids call her GiGi.
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10-05-2008, 11:55 AM
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I have too wonder?
OK, we may be different or not, But here you go.
My mom is Nene (kneeknee) My wife's mom is Nanny (nanny) My wife is Memaw (memaw) I'm Papa (The Magnificent) Pipeweld 
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10-05-2008, 04:32 PM
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My grandparents were Granny and Granddad, and Mammaw and Pappaw.
My Mother-IN-Law (who thinks she is so sophisitcated) laughs every time I say something about my Granny or Mammaw. She makes her grandkids call her Grandmother. I told her that everybody in Texas that I know has a granny. And darn proud of it! I also have and aunt we called Ooo pee. Why? I have no idea. But most everyone in my family has some sort of nickname ( like rooster, coco, slim, chubs ...) I don't even know the real names of some of my relatives. Last edited by countrygirlfromtexas; 10-05-2008 at 04:41 PM..
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10-05-2008, 08:51 PM
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With me, it was always Grandpa on both sides of the family and Granny (maternal). [NOTE: My paternal grandmother passed away when I was four, so we never had much of a chance.]
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10-05-2008, 09:24 PM
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daddy was born and raised in the bronx... mama was from charleston, south carolina.... met when he got out of the marines at parris island.... got married, moved to houston in 1956......
her parents were long gone.... his parents were grandma and grandpa to my brother and me....... have heard MANY MANY interesting names since then.... including a friend of mine in chillicothe who is NONI (no knee) to her grandchildren
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10-06-2008, 08:20 AM
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Our kids call my wife's mother "mee-maw", my mother is referred to as "nana" (na-nuh). Since my wife's father is deceased, and I have no contact with my father, there's no name for them.
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10-06-2008, 10:07 AM
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My mom goes by Nanaw (first g child couldn't pronounce grandmaw)
My real dad went by grandpaw My step-dad goes by Pawpaw. My husbands parents went by nanny and grandpaw.
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