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Kali

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13. my father's father's parents were Mamaw and Papaw (short a, like cat on first sylable)
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 01:32 PM
Apr 2013

barely met them as a child but my father and his parents used the terms for them when talking about them all my life. His mother referred to her parents as Mother and Father (and the mother died very young)

On my Mom's side I think they called her father's parents by their full names, and I do not remember them. Her mother's parents were deceased by the time I was born and Grandma called them Mother and Father.

we called my paternal grandparents Grandma first name and Grandpa last name (usually pronounced gram, rather than grand)
maternal grandparents were the same or just Gramma and Grampa - but when he was scolding us kids he would use Granddad. "Grandad doesn't want to scold you, but if your Grandmother saw you up on that windmill she would take your hide off"

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I never knew them. femmocrat Apr 2013 #1
What did/do you call your great grandparents? Flashmann Apr 2013 #2
Only knew 3 of them tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #3
dead. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #4
Ditto! ohiosmith Apr 2013 #24
yes 840high Apr 2013 #33
+1 ConcernedCanuk Apr 2013 #36
Yep. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #42
This. My grandfather is a great grandfather, but not MY great grandfather. nt. Locut0s Apr 2013 #53
Maw. dawg Apr 2013 #5
Yeah... redqueen Apr 2013 #6
Only knew my mother's grandmother. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #7
I called my Dad's parents: bigwillq Apr 2013 #8
Grandmothers: Nonny and Gommy LancetChick Apr 2013 #9
I knew someone who had a great grandmother they called Nonny. redqueen Apr 2013 #18
Let's see: Populist_Prole Apr 2013 #10
funding source datasuspect Apr 2013 #11
Grandma, Grandma Becky and Grandpa Joe BainsBane Apr 2013 #12
my father's father's parents were Mamaw and Papaw (short a, like cat on first sylable) Kali Apr 2013 #13
Same as mine, with the short a. nt redqueen Apr 2013 #17
All of them were dead before I knew them. sakabatou Apr 2013 #14
Maymeo Xithras Apr 2013 #15
On my side, Everyone was/is Grandma and Grandpa OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #16
Never called them anything. They were dead before I was born. n/t RebelOne Apr 2013 #19
Great-Grandma Brown. I only met her a few times and she died when I was 11. nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #20
My great grandmother, mother of my mother's mother. Ptah Apr 2013 #21
Aw... redqueen Apr 2013 #29
On my mother's side Super wasps-- on my father's side Left wing Jews olddots Apr 2013 #22
I didn't know any of them. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #23
My friend called hers grandpap, maamaw, papaw, and grannie. IrishEyes Apr 2013 #25
Another Maamaw and Papaw. redqueen Apr 2013 #30
My great niece & nephew Loryn Apr 2013 #26
Never knew them...all I know is what my mother told me about them. snappyturtle Apr 2013 #27
I never knew my paternal grandparents. redqueen Apr 2013 #31
A Civil War veteran kwassa Apr 2013 #28
They had all died before I was born nt susanr516 Apr 2013 #32
They died before I was old enough to call them anything. winter is coming Apr 2013 #34
My great-grandparents were all gone way before I was born Boomerproud Apr 2013 #35
Never met 'em. Iggo Apr 2013 #37
They were gone before I came along HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #38
GeeGee ... redqueen Apr 2013 #41
Jack and Nanny. Chan790 Apr 2013 #39
Never knew any of them, but my mother called her grandfather "Bestefar" The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #40
I never knew them BUT JitterbugPerfume Apr 2013 #43
GG mainstreetonce Apr 2013 #44
Dead. Long dead. One of my paternal ggparents was a civil war veteran. alphafemale Apr 2013 #45
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #46
I only knew one grandparent and the great-grandparents were long dead before I appeared. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2013 #47
I never met them. nt LWolf Apr 2013 #48
I had three great grandmothers who all died when I was in high school Nikia Apr 2013 #49
I called them... FBN Apr 2013 #50
Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #51
Only had my great-grandmother alive Hayabusa Apr 2013 #52
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