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

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Unless you are a toddler and are talking about bananas.

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

Neither of mine were called nana but I much prefer it to granny (also not what I called either of mine).
Don’t think I know anybody who uses granny, it’s mostly nan, nana or grandma.

This is rather ironic as the term 'Nana' for grandma was used long before the internet existed! And yes, even before MN existed.

My Nana was born in 1896. By the 1960s, I was calling her Nana.

What a strange post. Why would anyone care what other people call their Grandmother?
My "Grandmother Name" is no Granny OR Nanna. I'm Grammy, but then again I am (shock and horror) American lol. In America there are tons of different "Grandmother Names" OP would really be shocked at all the choices.

My children have a Nanny, and a Granny. When I was little, I had a granny and a nan.

If you're going to unreasonably judge what people call their female grandparents, I am going to unreasonably judge people who stick random letter Rs where they do not belong and wang on about barrrrnarrrrrnarrrrs instead of bananas. 🙄

It's not just snobbery, it's racism against the Irish as it's very commonly used in Ireland. Classics, especially against northerners in England.

From what I've experienced many people prefer to be called Nanna as grandma sounds older. I do know some nannas in their 30s so they aybe dont want to fit into the grandma stereotype.

I think anyone hating a word that means Grandma is just a bit weird. I’m not particularly offended, but it does demonstrate that we live in a country with a ridiculous class system, based on very silly ideas.

My DH’s family is posh AF and their grandmother has always been Nana.

I've never uttered "granny" in my life! My nan was always nan. Nan and grandad. I only had one set of grandparents that I met.

I'd use grandmother if I was labelling a family tree or describing the relationship. But nan was nan.

I've also never called my dad papaaaa.

Our son calls DH's mum 'Nana' as that is what she wanted and it doesn't bother me.

I'm 56 and both grandmothers were called Nanna growing up, nothing wrong with it.

Some people also use different labels for each set of grandparents, so children can say nan/nana/nanny/gran and everyone knows which grandparent they're referring to.

The vast amount of regional language variation we have makes our country interesting, in my opinion.

How else would Very British Problems make a living if not by inviting people on twitter to argue over the correct name for a bread roll/alleyway/lift on the back of a bike?

My poor northern children with their Mom and Grandma, everyone else has a Mam and Nanna.

All that aside, it is interesting. I like things like Grump and Ganks which katiewil mentioned - the names that children come up with for grandparents and that then stick.

Mum/mom/mam has always seemed to me to be just regional variation (I shared a house with someone from NE England when I was younger).

I call my parents Mummy and Daddy and my children still call me Mummy despite being over 18. I know that's not popular on here, though.

(In my extended family there are Grandmas, Grannies, a Gran, Nanas, and a Nanny. Shoot me 🤷🏻‍♀️)

In the American South they use the name "Memaw". Nana is so much better.

Mine was Nana, I'm Mammar, my granddaughter couldn't say Grandma and it's just stuck 😊

My mum is nana, as was her grandmother, so it's not a new thing. Granny is actually the only one I've never had in my family. We called one of mine something unique, then there's grandma, nanny and nana. Never had granny, that sounds incredibly old to me.

Mummy is frightfully posh. Are you frightfully posh?

Mine is mum, or if I'm annoyed MOTHER. When spoken about in her absence, she may be referred to as the mothership.

I don't understand. Most people round our way have a Nana, as does my daughter. I didn't think it had any class distinction, not that it should matter in the least.

I had a Nana. My mother is now a Nana. I'll never be a Nana but my sister could be in the future.

Why does it matter?

Such a strange thing to have an opinion on.

In Ireland, 'Nanny' is very popular. As is 'Nan'.

We come from an Irish-speaking family so use Mamó.

Nana is way more posh than grandma/granny hence why so many MNers use it.

It’s an odd thing to get triggered about and there must be some larger back story.