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Na7lah
04-30-2008, 12:38 AM
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This may be crazy but what do you call your grandpa&Grandma? Not their names. Like wen u’r calling them wat do u say? Thnks :D
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*Hana*
04-30-2008, 12:49 AM
I used to call them Nan or Nanny and Granddad.

My son calls his Nan and Pop.
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Na7lah
04-30-2008, 12:52 AM
thnks 4 replying :D
anyone else? :)
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truemuslim
04-30-2008, 01:17 AM
lol it aint crazy


well i only talk in arabic to any relatives...1) there accents in english make it sound like we chinese and 2) it sounds better :D

in arabic i call my grandpa Gedi/Jedi and its not pronounced like the guy on star wars its like Ged ee... get it? lol

and grandma....well i would call her Geditee, but i havent because she died already and i was like 2 so i didnt call her nothin... :D
WaSalaam
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Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн
04-30-2008, 01:47 AM
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I call my grandma badi ammi(moms side) and dado(dads side) lol. Grandfather I call nana abu(moms side) and dad side i dont remember Lol. This is in Urdu btw...lol.
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ashley66
04-30-2008, 06:25 AM
I called my both grandma and grandad on mom's side "Tok", my grandad dad's side "Aki" (pronounce like "Akee") and grandma "Wan" (pronounce like one "want" minus the alphabet "t".
May Allah bless them.
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north_malaysian
04-30-2008, 08:15 AM
My first language is Penangite Malay... so I call my grandfather as "Wan" (pronounciation "One") and my grandmother as "Tok" (pronounciation "Tow-k")
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04-30-2008, 08:17 AM
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Dad's side

Grandpa - daada abbu
Grandma - daadi amma

Mum's side
Grandpa - naana abbu
Grandma - naani amma
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☆•♥°ąყ℮Տիმ°♥•☆
04-30-2008, 08:29 AM
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Moms side : Nanny / Nan and Granddad

Dads side : Oma ( Oma being Dutch ) and didnt ever see my grandfather on this side but would have called him Opu or something i cant remember the exact terminology my Oma said to use...
:w:
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hayati
04-30-2008, 08:32 AM
in our country Lolo for Grand Pa and Lola for Grand Ma..:statisfie
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Sanobar
04-30-2008, 08:39 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Jazzy
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I call my grandma badi ammi(moms side) and dado(dads side) lol. Grandfather I call nana abu(moms side) and dad side i dont remember Lol. This is in Urdu btw...lol.
same thing... but i call ma grand mum..[mums side] nani ammi! :)
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Snowflake
04-30-2008, 08:52 AM
maternal grandma - nani
maternal grandpa - nana
paternal grandma - dadi
paternal grandpa - dada

sounds boring compared to what others call their g-parents
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Sanobar
04-30-2008, 08:54 AM
^ indian / paki right?
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Seri
04-30-2008, 11:29 AM
erm mums parents i call nanny and grandad

dads parents i call Nenek and Datok (Malay
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