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?

Crieddy but most people say 'My aunt and uncle' meaning their two married relatives. Not my blood relative uncle and his wife. Of course you are their aunt. Aunt means the child's parent's sibling OR the wife of their uncle.

Each to their own I guess.

Not on Mumsnet...

Some of you need to get over yourselves.

i have an irrational irritance of people who refer to their mother as 'mum' as opposed to 'my mum'. like shes everyones mum. (or dad or whatever, its not just mothers!). shes not MY mother, just yours.

Well, I don't like it. So I have asked them not to call me Aunty. I hardly see them anyway. On a second marriage you do not have to take on the whole family.

My mum dislikes Nan/Nanny but is now one to my kids as ds1 said 'g' as 'n' for a long time.

It always makes me laugh whenever I hear him say it to her.

I think yabu.

Not a fan of Nan/Nana. I had one GM called Nana, and the other was Grannie, but I always found the sound of Nana irksome.

When my DC came along, neither GM wanted to be called Grannie or Nana (thank goodness!) so they volunteered to be Gran and Grandma.

I've never heard of a GM being called Nanny - I'd assume she was the help.

Not mad keen on Mom either. Love Maw though!

My Nana was Welsh, and I think it came from Nain and Taid (sp?) for grandmother and grandfather. So my mum became Nana, now my sister is Nana and I'm hoping I will be one day. I actually dislike Nanny and Gran or Granny. fussy

Lol at how many people think "nanny" is "the help".

My mum is nanny. Grandma sounds like you're about 80 IMO

See I would think the other way round Tali. I grew up with a nanny because my parents both worked full time. I made my mum Grandma at 55 and she loved the title.
When I was growing up I probably thought some terms were odd or strange. Now I've moved around a bit and known people from all sorts of backgrounds it's not at all wrong, just different.

Surely you don't think a nanny is what everyone has though?

There's nothing wrong with it but I'm a bit that some people think it's common place

It is on mumsnet

I am with MrsDeVere on this. I don't move in particularly,impoverished circles but just the same I don't know even one person with a nanny much less a nanny share. (Or an au pair.)

I think of it as a 'London thing'. It is a wee bit tiresome when you want help with your childcare though and hundreds of irate Mumsnetters persist in telling you to get a nanny.

I can't fucking stand Pops

I started to call my NDad that when I was a teenager, I think probably to distance myself from him being a "Dad" figure

He now calls himself Grandpops to my DD (although he never sees her, it was written on a tag when they sent presents) and it makes my skin crawl

Lol. I have a nanny. The children call her by her name do yours call yours "nanny"? That's hilarious. Nanny can I watch TV? Nanny can you take me to brownies LOL

One that always sounds weird to me is Pappy or Pap for grandfather

I don't mind being called Aunty / Auntie by my actual nieces & nephews.

Pronounced "Aren't - E" of course, never "Ant - E"

Dislike Mam/Mom/Nanny

Don't mind Nana/Nanna

One of my grandfathers was known as Poppa (pop - ah) as that's how I as a toddler pronounced Grandpa

Great

My dd has a Nain(i) too and I had a Taid .

Absolute nightmare getting named cards for them in Cardiff but I think it's lovely nonetheless.

I really hope to be 'first name' to my children. I really don't like Mum or Mummy.

I thank heavens for Welsh in-laws. Made it all much easier.

My mom is 'Nanny', my dad is 'Granddad'. My nan is "Nanny Fleece" (running joke about her coming on holiday with a fleece every summer).

DP's mom is Nain, his dad is Taid. His nan is Naini and his granddad is Great-Granddad.

And I am "Mom", because I am from the Black Country :)

The word "mum" makes me shudder. And I'm not keen on granny/grandma. Or papa/grandpappy.

I dislike Gramps, Grampy, Pops, Nana (especially the East Midlands way of promouncing it which gives it a heavy back-end i.e. Nan-ah) and giving the same gender grandparents different names (i.e. Grandad and Pops rather than Grandad Dave and Grandad Bob.)

I had a granny and a nanny when younger which now is nan and gran.

Dc have, two grandmas, one granny and nan.

Mom is Midlands, my mum was Mom when she was alive as we're from Staffs, but I tend to refer to her as my mum if I talk about her now - she died 20 years ago.

I loathe Nan, Nana, Nanny but at least they're fairly distinguishable as another name for a grandmother. I'm utterly bemused by some of the names I hear for grandfather: Pops, Papa, etc. Surely those are diminuatives for father, not grandfather. Ruddy odd.

We just use Grandma and Grandad

My only grandmother has always been Nanny (her choice). My mum agonised over what she wanted to be called and finally settled on Nanna (sounds less "old", apparently) but DD had other ideas and named her herself. It's stuck. (Not giving her name as it would out me.). Ditto my dad. They prefer the names she gave them.

PIL are Granny and Granddad which is what they wanted. We never saw them enough for DD to mind.

I'm not sure I know anyone who uses nan, nana or nanny. All grandmas, grannies and grans amongst our friends and families.

We did used to have a nanny when the children were tiny but we certainly never called her nanny. Always her name.

We've lived all over the uk. We're probably MC, I guess.

Well, I don't like it. So I have asked them not to call me Aunty. I hardly see them anyway. On a second marriage you do not have to take on the whole family.

Given your obvious hostility towards them they probably have a private nickname for you anyway.