How do you or your kids address your granddad?

jester77 · 14-04-2014 12:34PM #1

What do you or your kids call your granddad? I was unfortunately too young when mine died so I've no idea. I think I called my grandmother nana. My young lad will be talking soon, so I would like to reference my dad by something other than granddad, would be a bit of a mouthful for him. I thought it was papa, but that won't work as papa here is what kids call their dad.

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-04-2014 12:37PM

Granny & Granda is what my two call their grandparents

MagicIRL · 14-04-2014 12:37PM

I always called my grandparents Nana & Granda.

PizzamanIRL · 14-04-2014 12:38PM

Granddad, but I heard of kids calling theirs gangan or GG

smoking_kills · 14-04-2014 12:39PM

With a ouija board

Davarus Walrus · 14-04-2014 12:41PM

By calling up to his gravestone a couple of times a year to say hello.

Like to keep it fairly informal. Tip the hat and say hi.

hoodwinked · 14-04-2014 12:54PM

for my nana, she calls her " Grandna" (as she is not her grandmother, but is her grandnana)

if either of our grandfathers were alive, then it would probably just be "granda" grandgranda is a bit of a mouthful

she calls her grand uncle, "uncle *his name*" and all her grand aunts by their first names...

stefan idiot jones · 14-04-2014 12:55PM

Nan and David were mine.

In Llanelli they call their Granddads 'Bampy'.
My blood boils when I hear that. Turks.

Nichololas · 14-04-2014 12:58PM

Granny and <FirstName>, for some reason

Teyla Emmagan · 14-04-2014 01:02PM

Granny & Frank.

14-04-2014 01:02PM

My Granny and Grandad were Granny and Grandy, and my great-Grandfather was Grandypops.

I miss my Grandy

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14-04-2014 01:03PM

Nichololas wrote: »

Granny and <FirstName>, for some reason

I thought I was the only one!

Sometimes grans instead of granny

Mint Sauce · 14-04-2014 01:03PM

Both Granddads were always Granddad as far a I can remember.

Grannys were/are Granny or Gran.

Mr.McLovin · 14-04-2014 01:03PM

ye aul bollix

oldyouth · 14-04-2014 01:33PM

2 X Granddad
1 X Granny
1 X Nana

Mike1961 · 14-04-2014 01:37PM

Myself and the missus are grandparents .. in our early'ish fifties.

I reckon Granny is a bit old hat ... anyways we're called nana and granda

BetterThanThou · 14-04-2014 01:52PM

I never knew either of my grandfathers, and I only knew one of my grandmothers. The grandmother I do know, I'd call her by her first name, not in a disrespectful way, but it's just the way it's done in my family.

EyesClosed · 14-04-2014 01:53PM

I called my grandad by his nickname Jazz.
He was some man.

mitosis · 14-04-2014 01:55PM

jester77 wrote: »

What do you or your kids call your granddad?

Grand-da and Great Grand-da respectively

ElleEm · 14-04-2014 02:04PM

I only had one grandparent alive so she was granny.
My nephews call my parents Nana and Granda. When my partner and I have kids, I like the idea of there being a difference between what they call each of our parents. I am leaning towards my folks having Irish titles, mamó and seanó.

131spanner · 14-04-2014 02:23PM

Joe-Joe and Nana on the fathers side. Mom and Dada Tom on the mothers, kind of unusual but that's what we called them when we were young and it stuck

iguana · 14-04-2014 02:38PM

I called all my grandparents and great-grandparents; nana and granda. I'm weirdly pleased to see that it's such a popular combination on this thread. My son doesn't say much yet but I call his grandparents and my grandmother, nana and granda when I'm talking to him.

Pumpkinseeds · 14-04-2014 03:14PM

Never knew my mums father and my dads father died before I was born. We called his mother by her first name because she insisted on it and we called my mums mother nanny, didn't see much of her either.

Savage Tyrant · 14-04-2014 03:27PM

My kids call my parents "Nanny" and "Grandad"

I called my paternal grandmother "Nanny" too.... My grandad was dead before I was born.
On my mothers side i alway called my grandparents by their first names.... Why that is, I have no idea.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 14-04-2014 03:30PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I thought I was the only one!

Sometimes grans instead of granny

My mother's father always insisted that we call him by his own name too, though it took me years to realise that Enda was his name and not just another word for grandad.

Penny Tration · 14-04-2014 03:30PM

Before they passed away, they were 'Grandad Paddy' and the other was *first name*

One grandmother passed away befor I was born. My one living grandparent is called by her first name, always has been. I'd feel weird calling her gran, granny, nana or anything like that.

Irish Guitarist · 14-04-2014 03:44PM

I used to call my one living grandmother 'granny'. She died when I was about nine years old. My other grandparents died before I was born.

I don't have kids but my niece and nephews call my mother 'nana'. My father insisted they call him by his first name.

Lisha · 14-04-2014 03:48PM

My grandparents are deceased so not something relevant here.
My son calls my parents Nana and Nana-Man. No idea why he started it but it has stuck with the other grand kids.

Wabbit Ears · 14-04-2014 03:50PM

The kids call them babcia and dziadek

Chet T16 · 14-04-2014 04:02PM

My mother and father are called Nannie and grandad by ours. The wife and I also refer to them as that, same as we refer to ourselves as mommy and daddy. I have always called my da by his first name which i've put down to always hearing people call him that and I wouldn't like it to happen to me.

whirlpool · 14-04-2014 07:58PM

My siblings' kids call our parents Nanny <Firstname> and Grandad <Firstname>.

We called our grandparents Nana and Grandad.

How do you or your kids address your granddad?

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