To have realised I have an irrational dislike of some names for family members

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Nan
Nanna
Great Nan
Aunty
Mom

I realise it's irrational (and if you use any of the above, please don't take offence.)

But does anyone else hate the 'sound' of them?

I think it's hilarious when people pretend they don't understand how nanny can be anything but a childcare provider. It's so poor girls wannabe Mitford

is that OK with you

Of course! It's the words I don't like, not the relations.

I don't have a SIL, MrsD, did you confuse me with somebody?

Do you know I was trying to think of a male equivalent. I'm not actually mad keen on mummy and daddy - I think it's 'eee' sounding names especially when said by a shrieky toddler I don't like. I've never liked Nan or Nana though.

I get not liking some variations on grandparents names, although my own grandmothers chosen names are listed in the op .

It's the variations on grandfathers names I dislike, Bampy, Grancha, Grumpy (not a typo for Grampy). Grumpy is an emotion not a person, unless you are Snow White in which case he's a dwarf.

Not getting the issue with Auntie/Aunty?

Mam is commonly used in SW, it is a diminutive of Mamgu, which is South Wales Welsh for Mum, think that's fair enough.

Mam is also northern

I think developed and not contrived nicknames are fantastic. A speech impediment in a child can lead to fab family names.

We don't all have to conform.

Nanny sounds kind and caring. My DM is nanny to DS. Grandma or grandmother implies someone older and uptight. That's what my MIL likes to be called. She goes on about nanny meaning 'the help' too, but she's a total Hyacinth wannabe type.

I have no issue with Auntie, it's what we've always used from being kids. I find Aunt way too formal. DH asked me if I wanted aunt or auntie on a tag he was writing yesterday, I was to think he'd even consider aunt.

We've always said grandma and DD is following suit so has two grandmas. We did give them both the option (and the grandads!).

I hate 'mam' and since I live in Newcastle I hear it quite a lot haha! I also don't like Grandmum or Nana/Nanny.

I remember watching The Cedar Tree as well! And Crown Court and The Sullivans. They must have been on at lunchtime/early afternoon as I used to watch them when I went home from school for lunch which was usually Knorrs chicken noodle soup. Happy Days!

I'm OK with aunty, but I don't like the rest. No one called any of their grandmothers Nan/Nanny etc when I was a child; they were always granny or grandma (except mine, who had a nickname all her own).

Humph.

Don't think there is anything particularly grand about having a nanny? If you are both working parents with multiple children it makes sense / is quite normal?

We don't have one but family and friends do just average families. So it is mildly confusing when you have a granny insisting on being called nanny when to our dc the term nanny is a person who provides childcare.

Mam the welsh word for mother. the vast majority of children i know say mam/mammy/mami. personally i hate Mummy and refuse to answer to it.

my children have a naini and mamgu. their grandfathers are taidi and dadcu.

i hate it when my nieces and nephews call me Auntie...because with my first name it makes me sound like a character from the wizard of oz lol

If you have 2 plus young children and both work full time apparently not big difference between nursery fees and a nanny share? Sorry but to me it is normal - not right or wrong it just is. Was sahm when mine small so not an expert just what others around me have done. Have had questions as to why mil is called nanny but is not one as in my dc world a nanny is childcare.

Doesn't bother me I had a nanna myself!

I find "Me mam and me da" a bit irritating. Particularly when said by fully grown adults. (Basically when my mum says it.) Sorry to anyone else who says it.

MrsDeVere

I think you meant me. Because I am not their Aunt. Just because I am married to her brother does not mean I am related to her children.

Though I have a sister who has children too and I do not like her referring to me as Aunt either.

I'd never thought of nanny for grandmother being confusing because of the childcare nanny. To me granny/grandma sounds quite old fashioned, I don't think I've met anyone who says it. I only hear people say nan and nanny and occasionally Nana. I think it wouldn't be confusing as a parent might say THE nanny for the childcare one, children would say MY nanny for their grandmother. Parents would call grandmother My mum or Sue and children would call childcare nanny Mary (or whatever their name is). I doubt there are any confused Hosts out there unsure whether to sit 'nanny' with the servants or the posh plebs.

While I was my parents' PFB, I was the 7th and 38th grandchild on either side of the family so titles were long agreed to be Nanny DF, Granny DM and Granda DM. DF's father went by his first name, but died a long time before I came along. Relatives will decide their own nicknames based in what they prefer and there's not much you can do about it sadly. But at least you know what title you'd like to go by or not to go by when the time comes