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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
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    Re: ?What do u call them?

    I used to call them Nan or Nanny and Granddad.

    My son calls his Nan and Pop.
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    thnks 4 replying
    anyone else?
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    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

    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...
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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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    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".
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    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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    Dad's side

    Grandpa - daada abbu
    Grandma - daadi amma

    Mum's side
    Grandpa - naana abbu
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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...
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    in our country Lolo for Grand Pa and Lola for Grand Ma..
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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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    Re: ?What do u call them?

    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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    ^ indian / paki right?
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    erm mums parents i call nanny and grandad

    dads parents i call Nenek and Datok (Malay
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