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Post by clyde on Aug 10, 2013 9:43:25 GMT -5
Well I thought I heard John Sr. call Zeb Papa once in "The Star", in the scene where Zeb is in bed and John is trying to convince him to get up. This is also where he called him alternately Pa and Grandpa. Maybe Ralph was ad-libbing. Maybe I misheard it, which is the more likely explanation. At any rate, it's fun hearing the various terms of endearment folks use for their loved ones.
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Post by daniela on Aug 10, 2013 14:50:40 GMT -5
I call my parents mom and dad My grandparents are Nona and Nono My niece and nephew call my parents Nona and Nono, and they call my sister and I, Zia ( which means aunt). They call my brother Zio ( which means uncle) We call all my aunts and uncles Zio and Zia Ha! You must be a paisan like me (translation...Italian) Nice to have a paisan!! What part of Italy is your family from? My family is from the North. In Treviso, near Venice
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2013 16:23:19 GMT -5
Ha! You must be a paisan like me (translation...Italian) Nice to have a paisan!! What part of Italy is your family from? My family is from the North. In Treviso, near Venice My family is from the North too, near Milan. I have been there a few times.
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Post by cetacea on Aug 13, 2013 3:28:22 GMT -5
I'm from Switzerland and in my family this is how we call our grandparents:
On my mom's side: Grossi and Grossvater On my dad's side: Nanni (female) and Nenni (male). My Nenni is coming from a part in my country, where this is the usual way of calling grandparents. Eventhough they live in another part now, we still refer to them by those names.
I call my parents Mami and Papi. Which is also pretty usual in our country.
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Post by Brenda on Aug 13, 2013 6:47:56 GMT -5
It is interesting to see the many variations here. This is the first time I have ever heard the term Mamaw or Papaw used. Is it more of a regional term by chance, like southern, perhaps? I like it. I am from the Midwest and no one I know uses it. My husband and I always called our parents Mom and Dad and our grandparents Grandma and Grandpa and most all other people in our area do the same. I have a niece that called my parents Grossmama and Grosspapa because of my father's German heritage. My Italian friends always called their grandmothers "Nona." I called my grandparents Mammaw and Pappaw, which is very typical southern Appalachian (West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee). These were my maternal grandparents. I never knew my paternal grandparents, as they died before I was born, so I didn't have a name for them. Students in school let me know when I was starting to age. When I was younger, my students would accidentally call me "Mommy" by mistake. I knew I was getting old when they stopped calling me Mommy and started calling me Mammaw. LOL
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Post by PLP927 on Aug 13, 2013 8:24:39 GMT -5
Maternal grandparents: Grandma & Grandpa Paternal grandparents: Grammy and Grampy I know, how unique!
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 13, 2013 12:34:16 GMT -5
Maternal grandparents: Grandma & Grandpa Paternal grandparents: Grammy and Grampy I know, how unique! I love the "Grampy" -- don't think I've heard that before
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Post by Heather on Aug 13, 2013 18:33:21 GMT -5
Cute topic!
My parents are Mama and Daddy.
Maternal grandparents were Maw and Paw
I didn't know my dad's folks - his family wasn't close.
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