echineko 1 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Hello I was wondering if someone can tell me the difference between gran, granny, nanna.... are they all the same or some difference? Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I have no idea if this is the general thing but in my case gran was my mums mum and nana was my dads mum. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 they are all the same, just a way to distinguish between your different grandmothers......my dad's mum was Granny and my mum's mum was Gran....didn't use Nana at all Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I had: Nanna: My Mum's Mum Grandma: My Dad's Mum Great: My Dad's Mum's Mum Granddad: My Dad's Dad and Pop: My Nanna's 2nd husband. Different for my kids...they all wanted Nanna. Nanna Sandy was my Mum's Mum - because her puppy was called Sandy. Nanna is my Mum And Dhamal Nanna is PBs Mum. Apparently Dhamal is an aboriginal word for the grand parent grand child relationship, and having lived within the aboriginal community for years, she chose that. PB even has one grandmother that insists on being called Nonna even though she is not Italian - her 2nd husband was Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 For me Nana was my dad's mum, which is what I used to call her. On my mums side I think I used Grandmother. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 All of them all British English and can be used interchangeably for grandmother. Guess its like using haha or chichi or okasan or otosan in Japanese. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Interesting. My family had the same setup as pies. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 When I was a kid my father's parents were Grandma and Pop, my mother's were Nanna and Grandad. My parents are Nanna and Grandfat (the 8 character limit on old Atari games to blame) and my son's maternal grandys were Nanna Hogan and Grandpa. My daughters (different mothers, in case you're interested) were Gran and Pa. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Mum's mum - gran Dad's mum - nan Didn't know either of my grandads. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 My dad's mam died before I was born, but my mam's mam was my nana. At my school, the kids that ate "lunch" and "dinner" tended to have grans and the kids that ate "dinner" and "tea" had nanas on both sides. Maybe that's just a north east thing. I suppose there is a parallel in Japan with people calling their mother "mama" or okaasan/kaachan etc. Many young women don't like being called the latter. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Mamabear And Dhamal Nanna is PBs Mum. Sounds like something on an Indian restaurant menu back home Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Mr Wiggles My dad's mam died before I was born, but my mam's mam was my nana. At my school, the kids that ate "lunch" and "dinner" tended to have grans and the kids that ate "dinner" and "tea" had nanas on both sides. Maybe that's just a north east thing. I suppose there is a parallel in Japan with people calling their mother "mama" or okaasan/kaachan etc. Many young women don't like being called the latter. we would say "dinner" and "tea" but were Gran and Granny.....Nan's were something you got from the Indian curry house Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Especially if you are Rooney. Link to post Share on other sites
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