What is wrong with Granny?

[Jane958]

Both my grannies were Granny.
My mother was Granny.
My sister has chosen Nana, why?
Is this an indication of how far we are plummeting towards the bottom?

Is that you Charles?

William was so sweet as a toddler!

And I suppose in terms of what sounds ‘older’ the order for me would be Granny sounds the oldest and least ‘hip’, then grandma, followed by nanny, nanna and then all the unusual letspretendweresomethingse after

Its funny u say ur sister is a snob as u sound like one.
For me granny is a very old grandmother.

😁

Cross posted with Sassparilla!

Yes, we have different names for uncles, aunties, again mother's and fathers siblings will have different names AND other pre-faces of (big/small) based on whether siblings are older or younger than you.

Mum: (Siblings-uncles/auntie's)
Mum's Brother: Mamma (Budda-bigger/older)
(Shorta-Smaller/Younger)
Mum's Sister: Massi
Older Sister Massi
Dad's siblings:
Sister (Phuah)
Brother (Chacha)

And their parents also have other names. Gets very complicated.

I had a Gran and a Nana (don't see how that is plummeting towards the bottom, other than that you are a snob).

Granny sounds like a far older woman to me.

I am a proud Nanna, had a Nan and a Nana. My grandmother’s mother was Welsh and I understand there’s a connection with Nan there? I know two far from WC old money families where the grandmother is Nanna.

Each to their own! I personally hate Granny

Eh? Really? OP, maybe you need to educate yourself about the origin of 'Nana'...I've always kinda assumed it evolved from the Italian word for Grandmother 'Nona'.

I had an amazing Nanna and that is most likely what I'd choose to be. Or just Nan maybe 🤔

My MIL was going to be granny but my son chose nana. Sometimes you can't control the outcome!

Mine all call me nana and the first syllable of my name as one word. So say my name was Melissa it would be nanamel. They tend to drop the 2nd A too. I love they call me this and had thought theyd probably drop the name as they’ve gotten older but no, still nanamel.

I’m Scottish and I’m Granny - it sounds natural to me. I had a granny and my mum is granny to my kids. Two of my great aunts were called Nanny, ie that was their actual name (though they were christened Ann), which was not uncommon in Scotland - so Nanny always sounds weird to me for a grandmother. Granny doesn’t sound particularly old to me - and even if it did, I’m so happy to be one that I wouldn’t care!

You are a snob.

She isn’t an inverted one.

My mum and dad were 47 and 46 when my ds was born and always grandma and grandad, I also had grandma and grandad and grandma surname.

I haven't got grandchildren yet but when I do they will be half Finnish so they can call me Mummo which is nice and reminds me of Moominmumma. Mummo is Finnish for grandma and I m only in my 50s so granny seems old.

No they all called her Granny, although Prince William called the Queen 'Gary' when he was very little and she explained that he wasn't yet able to say Granny, although he did master it of course.

When the Queen died, Prince William put out a statement, referring to her as Granny. "I knew this day would come, but it will be some time before the reality of life without Granny will truly feel real."

Princess Beatrice referred to the Queen as Granny on several public occasions as have other grandchildren of the Queen.

Agree. Such a snobby comment.

Whereas youre just a plain snob?

Nothing wrong with nana, nanna, nan, gran, granny, granma, grandma, or whatever else

I had an Auntie Buddie and Uncle Buddha on my mums paternal side. I didn’t know their actual names until I was in my teens!

My mum is an utter snob. She told me that nanny was very common (I remember coming home from infants school and asking her who my nanny was, since I had been asked and didn’t know this word). To her, ugh!, nanny is along lines of serviette and settee and holding your knife like a pen.

I can’t shake that association of “nanny, ugh! So common!” (Unless by nanny, a childminder is meant.)

But I do think the attempt to rebrand nanny as nonna is hilariously bad, and exactly the sort of nonsense my mum might suggest. Sorry OP!

Some of my relatives have a Nanny on their mother's side and a Nonna on their father's. Mother's side of the family is Scottish; the father's side is Italian.

I’m a Granny as that’s what I wanted to be called. I was a Granny at 40!

Happily, the question hasn’t arisen and now won’t, but I’d have hated to be granny, nan, nanna or nanny. Gran, or at a pinch grandma. The offsprog’s names for me vary according to the weather, but I rather like ‘Muvvah’.

I always thought it was regional. I’m midlands and the majority of grandparents are known as Nan and Grandad. And we all have Moms not Mums!

I called my grandparents Nanny/Nan and mine also calls theirs Nanny and Nana.

One definitely didn’t want to be Granny as it sounded old to them, they were a grandparent at 43.

I’ve never known anyone called Granny. It seems quite old fashioned. We had a Grandma on one side and a Nan on the other. When I was pregnant, I asked my Mum what she wanted to be called and she was firmly ominous the Grandma camp.