Nan or Gran ?

AlfaDrivingFan · #1 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

She's your mother or father's mother, do you / did you call her Nan or Granny ?

WELL !

#2 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

Nanny Boats and Nanny Trains.

My kids call the wifes folks nanny and grandad... they call my mum 'other nan' because they've only met her once or twice.

pendragonfalls · #3 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

I don't call mine anything... They are all deed...!

AlfaDrivingFan · #4 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

You two are too quick... there's a poll somewhere !

#5 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

Other... Nanny.

The mother in law hates gran/granny... says it makes her sound older

Gibbo · #6 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

Originally Posted by pendragonfalls

I don't call mine anything... They are all deed...!

That's why the OP used 'did' so well in the question, to give
you the opportunity to answer

I called mine Nan

AlfaDrivingFan · #7 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

Originally Posted by munky

Other... Nanny.

The mother in law hates gran/granny... says it makes her sound older

Hmmm.... isn't Nan just an abbreviation of Nanny ?

#8 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

no!

Ever heard an adult say nanny?

Nanny is for the little'uns, nan is for the grown ups... its a world apart. Like Mummy and Mum.

Stu GTV · #9 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

Mums mum.....nanna
Mums dad......grandad
Dads mum......gran
Dads dad...... grandpa

symon · #10 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

I only have one Grandmother left. We call her Gran or Nan depending on the mood really..

mymito10 · #11 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

mine are both dead - a long time ago - called them Grannie Scott and Grannie Brown - it's the Scottish spelling

ACAPULCO AL · #12 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

the last of my grandparents died 5 years ago so nowt for me

they were grannie and grandpa (scottish thing, as above) and nain and daid (welsh thing)

my kids call theirs 'nanna & pops', and 'grandma & gramps'

AlfaDrivingFan · #13 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

I lost my last grandparent in 2009

, she was 'granny'. My Scottish side was also 'Grannie' but Scots spelling

I never knew one grand father as he died before I was born but the other one was simply 'Grandad'.

Now I'm starting to feel sad because they've all gone

WTFH · #14 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

Originally Posted by ADF

She's your mother or father's mother, do you / did you call her Nan or Granny ?

WELL !

This poll is FLAWED! (Sorry - it's a requirement on EpicSki to flaw every poll)

For readers from Norfolk, she could well be you mother's mother and your father's mother. In some parts of that region, she could even be your father's mother and your mother, in which case is she mum, gran or both?

Alfafamily · #15 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

All dead before I was born. Didn't get to call them anything, nor did they ever get mentioned. I've got a picture of all four but don't know which is which. A bit sad really

ACAPULCO AL · #16 (**Post Link**) 13-12-10

that really is quite sad

i never knew my dad's mum as she died quite young, way before i was born. my grandpa later remarried a lovely lady who i always knew as grannie. never saw them that much as they lived in north west scotland and we lived in north wales, 12 hours' drive away. my welsh 'nain & daid' lived a mile down the road and i saw them all the time. daid passed away when i was only 11 but nain lived to the ripe old age of 95. still miss them both terribly

classicgal93 · #17 (**Post Link**) 14-12-10

My mom's mom I called grandma, she passed in 05 at 95. Mom's dad was grandpa and he made it to 89, he passed in 86.
My dad's mom and dad I didn't really know. His dad passed in the 60's and grandma passed in the 70's.

I am a grandma and don't want to be called that, my mom is the grandma. Our wee one is only 7 months so he's not calling me anything yet

Maybe he'll pick a name for me.

Anjenha · #18 (**Post Link**) 14-12-10

Though we never met my mums mum has always been Nan.
My dads mum said that nannies were babysitters and therefore she is Grandma. My dads grandma has always been 'great' as she thought it sounded cooler than great grandma. My married in aunts and uncles even call her 'great' She's 100 in February

My mum is a 'nan' as grandma sounds old