To wish people wouldn't use the word "nana"

[IDoughnutKnow]

Unless you are a toddler and are talking about bananas.

People never used it back in the good old days of MN.

I am from the North East Nana was pretty normal for grandmother even back in the seventies.

I had solidly working class south London Nana W and Nana M here, council estate matriarchs. Wonderful.
DH's lot are a Grandma and Grandpa family, about 5 leagues posher.

Just because you've never heard something doesn't mean it's not real.

Yabvu. My kids have a Granny and Nana (now passed). My DM hated Nanny as sounds like a goat.

Mine were Nan and Gran, I’m late 40s, south west.

That's a bit judgy.

I had one of each, Nanna and a Gran

I find this thread very classist, I feel sorry for people who need to be snobby and superior to feel good about themselves. Awful

Hello Pot, it’s kettle. You’re black

However, it is quite striking that some of the most judgy people on this thread are the ones who are cross with me for being judgy.

Quite. Like I said, I pity snobbery and judgemental people. No one can change their upbringing and background.

Miss Pot, please allow me to introduce you to Miss Kettle.

I had a Nana. We pronounce it Na-narr though. Not Na-na. My mum is a grandma and I think it's terribly old fashioned, but she can be called whatever she likes! What a strange thread, why would you care a jot what other people call their grandparents?

@IDoughnutKnow this thread has rather tickled me.

I had a grandma and a grandma who was sometimes 'gran surname'. I am, however, very much one of the proletariat ;-) You are correct that language is fun!

That's made me smile, @whatausername

So did this: https://metro.co.uk/2014/09/02/nan-in-a-naan-family-find-their-grandmother-sheila-alive-in-giant-naan-bread-4853907/

What region says ta instead of thank you? I’m in the east of England and hear it as well as having family and friends in London who have said it to their children. Is it my own dialect I dislike?

I knoooow I hate it, so childish. Grandmother mine has

What a weird post. What does it matter to you what people call their grand parents. If all the things to worry about. I'm 46 and called one nana and one grandma. I think that's probably the good old days.

Well... It's more telling that they both know how people speak on council estates, if you think about it.

Most of them.

It's a word that has deeply embedded roots throughout Northern Europe and Asia and similarly sounding words (according to Google) also fit the general theme of approval;

Da is good in Celtic languages like Welsh & Irish, yeah in Scots Gaelic
Da is yes in Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Estonian

Ja is yes in German

Ta is yes in Belarusian, yes in Scots Gaelic

It's a feature of the sound of the Swedish word for take.

And of course, it's bits of English that didn't make it into dictionaries and is easy for an infant to voice.

My mum is 'Nana' to her 12 grandchildren.
It's much nicer then 'Nan' or 'gran'
What's wrong with it?

My favourite Grandmother was Nanna. Don’t see the problem.

My dear late mum was my childrens’ beloved nana - never saw an issue. I’m nanny to my grandchildren - never wanted to be “grandma”.

However I hate the word “gig” when referring to a music performance. A gig is a type of light horse drawn carriage. Don’t know why but it’s mis-use grates me!!!

My mum is nannie, she'll always been nannie. We like it, My mum likes it and she didn't want to be grandma or granny.
My DP mum is grandma.

My DM and MIL would both be mortified if the DCs started calling them Granny or Grandma. They associate it with very old ladies and they are both reasonably young (late 50s/early 60s). Tbh even my own Nan doesn’t like Grandma/Granny and she’s in her 80s 🤣

I prefer Granny - I’m Scottish so think Nana must be regional

Agreed. Imagine not connecting with your grandchildren because their parents asked them to call you Nana. Awful.