Page 13 | What is wrong with Granny?

CrazyHormoneLady · 14/06/2025 21:13

I've never heard the notion that Nana is common?! My mum chose to be Nana because she was brought up by her Irish grandmother who to her was Nana and she has fond memories of her. My ex's mum chose to be Granny (which surprised me as I also associated it with "old and frail", but she's very robust and has a youthful character).

Loub1987 · 14/06/2025 21:13

Does it matter, also I agree with pp that the first grandchild leads. My niece has a French father so my kids have a Papi not a grandad. He could not care less. Just loves his grandkids.

Cnidarian · 14/06/2025 21:13

Not the depths of the abyss that is Nana, or heaven forbid Nanny?! Surely not! The horror of it! However can we tolerate plunging so far, it's deeper than the Marianas trench out here

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 21:12

chocolatelover91 · 14/06/2025 21:09

My husband's step mother turned 60 last year. When my DD was born she said she didn't want to be referred to as grandma cos she isn't old enough to be one apparently? So she named herself granna! 🙄 Ironically she doesn't bother with DD, which suits me down to the ground 🤣

Granna sounds a bit odd! Never heard that before.

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 21:12

xPenelopePitstop · 14/06/2025 21:09

I hate classist people, they sound like c^nts 😊

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Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 14/06/2025 21:11

I want to be called Nan if and when I get grandkids. That because the grandparent who I was closest to growing up was my Nan and it just feels like a safe warm name to me.

my dds called my MIL granny. I let all the grandparents choose what they wanted to be called and that’s what’s he chose. I call her granny too now. It suits her.

SigourneyWeaversVest · 14/06/2025 21:11

Shetlands · 14/06/2025 20:44

Pronounced Fanshaw? Of the family who owned Uppark?

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Yes, my mother’s maiden name.

emmetgirl · 14/06/2025 21:10

I’m a granny!

chocolatelover91 · 14/06/2025 21:10

I'm Welsh also, and my mum is 'mamgu' to DD 🥹

My husband's late mother would have been called 'nain', also Welsh ❤️

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 21:10

lifeonthelane · 14/06/2025 21:02

What a snotty post 🙄 I had a wonderful Nana. My aunty is now Nana to her grandson. Calling someone Nana is not 'plummeting towards the bottom', don't be so mean.

Yeah this. ^ And how fascinating that the OP has posted the very goady and derisory original post and then not come back. Enjoying your work @Jane958 ???

xPenelopePitstop · 14/06/2025 21:09

cumbriaisbest · 14/06/2025 21:08

I hate Nana, it sounds common.

I hate classist people, they sound like c^nts 😊

chocolatelover91 · 14/06/2025 21:09

My husband's step mother turned 60 last year. When my DD was born she said she didn't want to be referred to as grandma cos she isn't old enough to be one apparently? So she named herself granna! 🙄 Ironically she doesn't bother with DD, which suits me down to the ground 🤣

ThatGladFox · 14/06/2025 21:09

Just be thankful it’s not “Lala” which my mil has chosen for the grandchildren to call her 🫤

IDontLikePinaColadas · 14/06/2025 21:08

My mother refused any of them and is referred to by her first name by her GC

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 21:08

cumbriaisbest · 14/06/2025 21:08

I hate Nana, it sounds common.

😂 Chill out Hyancinth Bucket!

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 21:08

Christmas202 · 14/06/2025 21:02

I had a wonderful granny , small precious with salt and pepper hair, had a million wrinkles. The perfect image of a precious old lady. My absolute queen. I also had a very glam Nana , hair and nails always done, my mum wanted Nana without question. She loves the title. The other one is just called the wicked old bat. Cause She doesn’t deserve any title.

That's it. Granny/grandma conjurs up an image of a silver haired elderly lady with a pull along shopping bag, knitting, a Womans Weekly, and a crimplene skirt and a polo neck, who watches black and white films from the 1940s on Talking Pictures...

Nan/nana/nanny conjurs up an image of a more middle aged woman with blonde or brown-ish hair, with a denim jacket, 3 piercings in her ears, jeans, a Nirvana T-shirt, and who goes to rock concerts, Pride festivals, and watches psychological thrillers on Netflix and channel 5.

cumbriaisbest · 14/06/2025 21:08

I hate Nana, it sounds common.

EleanorReally · 14/06/2025 21:07

i had a granny
my dm is a nana
i think my ds is a nana
i think i might be a nana - still deciding. seems the preferred option for me

mnahmnah · 14/06/2025 21:07

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 20:57

How embarrassing.

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Hahahaha. Yes. There is much to say on my DM in that way.

RosesAndHellebores · 14/06/2025 21:07

Is it nana or nanna though? Is nana not slang for a banana or a right nana?

I had a grannie. My children have a Grandma Joan and a Grandma Penny (not their real names).

If I get some grandchildren I shall be so thrilled to have them, they can call me whatever they like.

DelboytrottersDnecklace · 14/06/2025 21:06

I'm granny (once my gd starts talking)

My abusive mother and her abusive mother where nanna

I'm refusing to toe the line-plus my amazing mil is granny-ill follow her lead instead

It's worked out OK as gds mums mother wanted to be nanna

For some reason nobody wanted granny,so I've claimed it

ToffeePennie · 14/06/2025 21:06

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 21:03

Exactly. If someone says 'granny' I immediately think of someone of about 93.

If they say nan or nana I think 40, 50s, or early 60s...

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You said it best. Makes me think of a little old lady stuck in a rocking chair, knitting all day long.
Not like my glamorous Nanny Smoke who wore 7 inch heels, a huge fur stole and wore make up every day, taught me how to hold a cigarette lighter and used to sing and dance. I’m certainly not a “Granny” and intend to still be on the stage in my 70s, so absolutely not!

AcquadiP · 14/06/2025 21:06

Viviennemary · 14/06/2025 20:49

I think nana is frightfully common. Granny or Grandma.

In terms of usage, Grandma and Granny are both more commonly used than Nana. This from Yougov March 2025.

godmum56 · 14/06/2025 21:06

Jane958 · 14/06/2025 20:05

Both my grannies were Granny.
My mother was Granny.
My sister has chosen Nana, why?
Is this an indication of how far we are plummeting towards the bottom?

Why would you care? She is your sister not your mother.

MadamCholetsbonnet · 14/06/2025 21:06

I don’t understand this thread at all. I had a Nan and a Nanna. My mother chose to be Granny.

It’s all the damn same. What on earth is this “race to the bottom” nonsense?