What do you call your grandmother?

[JoanThursday1972]

I'm using the 'correct' term there, which I don't use, but the reason for asking this is I have heard of her being called "mamar" (not sure of spelling) and I've never heard it. Is it a regional thing?

Mine were Granny and Nan
My children's are Gran and Grandma

Mine was Mama (pronounce Muh-Mar)
DC call theirs Gran and Grandma

My grandchildren call me and dh nan and grandad.

Dils parents are granny and grandpa.

To my kids My dad was poppa (American) and my mum was nain (Welsh)

Mix it up op

I had a Granny and a Grandma. My kids have a Grandma and a Nanny.

Nan or nanny is very midlands. All the rage in brum :) love it.

Nanny when we were small, Nan when we were older. My cousins called our shared grandmother Nana, not sure why they were different. My nieces call my mum Nan and their other Nana (first name). We said Nan (surname) to distinguish.

I only had one and she was nanny.

Mammar. Very common for grandma to be called mammar round here but I believe it's very much a local thing!

Mee-maw & maw-maw seem to be getting more common but we still go with gran/nanna

Mine have gone. They were both Grandma to their faces, and to differentiate we used their surnames so Grandma Smith and Grandma Jones for example. My Grandfathers were the same, Grandad Smith and Grandad Jones.

My mum is Grandma to my kids, ex MIL is Nanna (their choice).

If I'm ever lucky enough to have grandchildren I think I'd like to be Granny or Gran!

Mine were both Grandma (one abbreviated to Gran when I was a teen). DD has a Grandma and a Granny. Most people I know have similar or Nan/Nanny. Also pronounced "Nan-rrr" depending on accent. A few I know where some or all of the family has non-English heritage use traditional names from their cultures.

My children call their GMs Granny & Nonna

They’re dead, but Grandma and Nanna. DD has a Granny and a Gramma (dead).

I want to be a Nanna ideally as my Nanna was my favourite person.

NaNa. My granddaughter calls me Grammy. My sister is GG to her grandkids.

I also had a Grandad and a Grandpa and DD has a Grandpa and a Poppa.

Both have passed away now but one was Gran and the other was Granny (then Nana to her great-grandchildren).

Mine were Nain (Welsh) & Granny (Scottish). My children have a Grandma & a Granny.

Mine were Nonna and Nana but I'm a Gramma

I had a Nanna and a Gran. DM and MIL are both Grandma, I want to be Granny.

They're both long gone now, but my dad's mum was my Granny, and my mum's mum was Gran.

I'm in NE Scotland.

My own DC call my mother Grandma.

Mums mum was nan. My dad's mum has always been grandma

It’s partly regional, partly demographic. I remember a GCSE unseen extract causing absolute chaos in one school where I worked because it featured a ‘nanny’ and understanding the piece hinged on the understanding that this meant paid childcare. The students all thought it meant a grandmother and completely misinterpreted the text.

I only knew one grandmother and called her Grandma. DH had a Nan and I remember MIL telling me that although she loved the woman, ‘Nan’ set her teeth on edge but was long established by multiple grandchildren by the time DH and BIL came along. Both MIL and my DM preferred Grandma so the DC call them Grandma Firstname to distinguish them from each other.

My MIL is 'mammar' to the grandchildren. It's a northern thing.

Granny. Surprised at how many Gran/Granny’s there are here. Everyone I meet calls their GM nan

My kids have a nanny and a grandma. I had a Nan, nanny & granny