I had a popo and a nana

[metta]

What did you call your grandparents as a child?

 

[Rickrock]

grandpa and grandma

 

[Vannie]

Baba and Gigi

 

[backagain]

It was Nana and Grampy

 

[gsdx]

Both maternal and paternal: Gramma and Grampa. (Pronounced without the 'nd' sound.)

 

[purina]

^Ditto.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Grandmom & Granddad.

Grandmother and Grandfather.

My great-grandmother was universally called "Mammaw," which is odd, considering we have no French ancestry, nor were we descended from tidewater families or plantation culture where the French would have been common. She was referred to semi-formally by her daughters-in-law as "Mother A----s" and her husband, "Dad A----s."

All that said, my hometown originally had a French name, so it is not that surprising that elements of French culture occasionally peek through.

 

[fredroy]

Granmama. Only had her.

 

[Peloso]

Bumpy and Nono.

Just kidding. Never met any of them.

 

[rareboy]

On my Dad's side...Nanna and Dadda and my mother's side Pake and Beppe.

 

[unloadonme]

grandpa and grandma

Same.

 

[PrinceCory]

What did you call your grandparents as a child?

Grandma and Grandpa (on both sides of family)

If we needed to be more specific we added the surname (last name) such as Grandma Jones or Grandpa Doe. We never used a first name such as Grandma Jane.

 

[backagain]

as we age, they are all gone.

 

[bankside]

Gramma and grampa from day to day.
Grandma and grandpa on formal occasions or when introducing someone.

 

[rmcrae]

My paternal grandpa died when I was 2, but all the grandkids called him Paw Paw. I called my maternal grandma "Grandmother" and my paternal grandma "Muh" (as in "Muh'Dear" or "Mother Dear").