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What is wrong with Granny?

418 replies

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?

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saraclara · 14/06/2025 20:14

I'm confused.

I got to choose my grandmother name. I went for Grandma. My scary grandmother was Gran. My abusive mother was Granny. My wonderful mother in law was Grandma.

The only name my DD wasn't keen on for me was Nanny. Which I'm not keen on either, so all good.

Ketzele · 14/06/2025 20:13

I have a Nanny, partly because my great gran had already taken Granny. IME nannies are either posh people's hired help, or working class grandparents with their own parents still around. This is rather supported by your 'race to the bottom' comment.

RebeccaRedhat · 14/06/2025 20:13

I had a lovely nana and a wicked grandma.
My mam is nana and MIL granny (granny because we have 2 nephews born before dd and they went with granny. Now they're older they call her grandma!). Grandchild no 5 and 7 go with Nanny for said granny.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 14/06/2025 20:11

I had 2 grannies
DH had 2 grandmas
My DC have one of each.

What's wrong with Nana?

Bettysnow · 14/06/2025 20:10

My kids ended up giving my parents really unusual names as they couldn't pronounce granny/ grandad properly as toddlers.
The names stuck and they still called them these names as adults. My adult son got some strange looks when he called my mum gangan!

BatchCookBabe · 14/06/2025 20:10

It's up to her. Why do you care? I will be nana when (if) I have grandchildren. No way is anyone calling me granny! 😖

Birdshitbridgegotme · 14/06/2025 20:10

we have nanny and granny here. Helps distinguish who is being mentioned when in conversation.

SocksShmocks · 14/06/2025 20:10

Doesn’t the first grandchild choose the name? My children have a Grandma and a Nanny.

HÆLTHEPAIN · 14/06/2025 20:10

My kids have a Granny.

AutumnArrow · 14/06/2025 20:09

Granny conjures images of a very elderly granny personally. Our DC call their great grandmother granny and their grandmother's nana and nanny. Grandads are gramps and grampa.

LordJohnGrey · 14/06/2025 20:09

My DM and DGM were Nanny, I'm Grandma, but that's because I was a professional Nanny and most of my charges called me Nanna firstname, so I wanted Grandma from my DGD.

angelopal · 14/06/2025 20:09

My DC have a grandma, granny and a nana.

PiggieWig · 14/06/2025 20:07

Why is nana ‘plummeting towards the bottom’?

waxymoron · 14/06/2025 20:07

I'm granny..other grandmother is grandma

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 14/06/2025 20:07

Nothing wrong with Granny. Nothing wrong with Nana either.

PlumpAndCircumstance · 14/06/2025 20:07

It’s just personal taste. One day I hope to be a granny.

Cynic17 · 14/06/2025 20:06

Nothing is wrong with Granny!
Nana was the dog in "Peter Pan" 😂

ButteredRadishes · 14/06/2025 20:06

My DD has two grannies.