my nan passed away in 2004 but my Grandad is still alive... to put it into perspective my nan would have killed us if we called her grandma... she hated the word... lol
Its the Italian way of saying "Grandma" and both of my Nonno's have passed away, howeve rboth of my Nonna's are alive and one of them is pushing 88 now
Nanan and Grandad, followed by whichever surname they were.
I wonder if Nanan is a South Yorkshire thing as I see you are Sheffield, my boyfriend's Nanan is well, Nanan, and he's from Barnsley. I'd never heard the word before I met him.
My grandparents when they were alive were-
Grandma "My surname", Grandad "My surname", and my other side were Ma (because my sister when little couldn't say Grandma) and just Grandad.
My paternal grandparents are both alive, they're granny and granddad. I think if I'd known mum's mum I would've called her just gran. I wouldn't have called mum's dad anything 'cause he was a shocking character and even if he hadn't died before I came into being, I would've prolly been kept well away from him, 'cause of hate.
I've always liked the pairing of 'nan and granddad' and if I ever have grandkids I hope to be a nan, preferably paired with a granddad. I'm looking forward to such things tbh. I want to be old, and be nan, and have a bus-pass and make young people cringe. Not right away, though...stuff to do! It'll be good though. I want to get awfully awfully old. As long as I'm lucky enough to be healthy and aware. Granny and granddad aren't doing too bad, apart from the cancer but they're dealing with that admirably, both of them. They're definitely aware. Gran and mum's dad both died of ****. Mibbes I'll be alright.
Nan and Grandad. My nan, despite the fact that she is 78, would be mortified if I called her granny.
Same here! My nan has always said that she preferred us to call her nan cos gran meant she was an old lady
On my dad's side, my nan would have been called Nanny *my surname* and we called grandad "Old Grandad" even though he was younger than my other grandad
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My maternal grandparents died the year before I was born, and my paternal grandfather has been missing since I was 6 months old, but must be dead now.
I've always missed not having grandparents.
My Granny died in 2008, she refused to be called anything else than Granny
My Granda is still alive
The last one died over 20 years ago.
For some strange reason I detest how my American nephews and nieces use Grandma and Grandpa - it sounds so wrong to me.
Its the Italian way of saying "Grandma" and both of my Nonno's have passed away, howeve rboth of my Nonna's are alive and one of them is pushing 88 now
I wonder if Nanan is a South Yorkshire thing as I see you are Sheffield, my boyfriend's Nanan is well, Nanan, and he's from Barnsley. I'd never heard the word before I met him.
My grandparents when they were alive were-
Grandma "My surname", Grandad "My surname", and my other side were Ma (because my sister when little couldn't say Grandma) and just Grandad.
My Nan was slow at walking so I called her Speedy
I used to think I was really cool because I had three sets of grandparents:o (my dad's parents both remarried)
I've always liked the pairing of 'nan and granddad' and if I ever have grandkids I hope to be a nan, preferably paired with a granddad. I'm looking forward to such things tbh. I want to be old, and be nan, and have a bus-pass and make young people cringe.
I miss them both everyday:(
Same here! My nan has always said that she preferred us to call her nan cos gran meant she was an old lady
On my dad's side, my nan would have been called Nanny *my surname* and we called grandad "Old Grandad" even though he was younger than my other grandad