to think that there should be a Nansnet as well as/instead of a Gransnet?

[SpringHeeledJack]

Gran is v middle class, to my ear/mind. While Nan isn't.

(I had both. Actually, I had a Granny and a Nanna. I was told by a bf that Nanna was posh. He used to pronounce it Nannaar)

(mind you he had a Naaaaan. From Caaaaaamberwell. She wasn't posh, oh no.)

[Divawithattitude]

and the bunions really made me laugh........................

[onceamai]

Thinking about this when the ds was born (he's now almost 6'). DH's mother who was originally working class but became a teacher said rather snootily "he can call be grandma Linda and your mother grandma Penelope (bit of a name change their but get the general gist). My mother, a bit posher but far less snooty, came back quick as a flash "he can call me Penny, I'm not that old grandma Linda" .

[usualsuspect]

I'm a grandma

I've been over there

I'm not going back

[onceamai]

I tried a post about HRT because although not a grandma am far too ancient for here sometimes - it was all terribly complicated and wanted me to register properly.

[Morloth]

MIL is Grandma and Mum is Nanny.

I had two Nans.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

I have to disagree. My dad's parents were solidly working class. North East terraced housing, miner families and outside toilets. But she was my gran.

[midlandsmumof4]

I had a Nan (my moms mom).....and so did my kids (my mom). OH had a Granny who more or less bought him up but who was actually his great nan because his maternal GM died before he was born. Granny sounds old and Grandma is just..

[midlandsmumof4]

I'm Nana Midlands btw..........lol

[adhdmum]

See biwi, I thinks it's a north south thing like I said earlier. I think nan or nanny is on the whole southern and ( normal/ common). And southern posh is granny. Northern normal is gran/ grandma. My theory anyway from my experience of the poor ne with outside toilets ( we grew up in that! Got my 1st indoor loo at age 12! Went to grandma's every Saturday for a bath).

Moved down south, married a southerner. Had to call MIL nanny (shudder).

[Al0uiseG]

The Queen is known as "Granny". Therefore Granny I'd posh, Nana is common.

Borrows Cods Gavel.

[gkys]

my mum used to say "I am a Gran, Nannys' are paid" so it was always gran

[Al0uiseG]

The upper classes and the working classes tend to have certain things in common. It's the Hyacinth Bucket Middles who can't bear to call a spade a spade and flowerise everything.

Flowerise - I just invented that, it's not a word

[QuickLookBusy]

Agree with the regional thing.
I am from up north, I had 2 Grandmas. Granny was v common.
Now down south, down here Granny is posh.

I know someone who insists on being called Grandmama -I kid you not. Can just imagine when her little Grandson is 14 and he has ot tell his friends "This is my Grandmama." Poor thing.

[gkys]

AlOuise love flowerise

my mum was a nanny for a few years before she could begin her training, am guessing thats where it came from, we called her "SuperGran"

[GapsAGoodUn]

I'm from a mixed family.

Northern w/class and southern w/class!

I had a Nanny Ben and a Nanny Jenny (named after their animals!).

Surely the crux of this is that your Dad's mum is almost always never as nice as your Mum's mum