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?

My mum is granny to my 2 year old and I know lots of other granny’s. Don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, think people just like to choose what they like.
I also think it’s due to association. For example my mum wanted to be grandma like her mum was but my grandma had only died in the last few months and it felt like there was already a grandma around if that makes sense? Maybe your sister feels like granny is your mums name

My kids have a Grandma and a Nanny. Grandma gets called Gram, first grandchild started that and the others have followed suit. Kids love them both and it’s reciprocated. That’s all that matters.

The thing I don't understand is the idea that some PPs think "Granny/Grandma" sound old and "Nana/Nanny" sound young. They're all words that show you've got DGC - it's not an uncrackable code. You need to be a certain age - that's biology.
My friend who says she's "Nana" because it sounds younger is 15 years older than me and she looks it. Fine if it makes her feel young and she likes it, of course.
People aren't going to look at my 27 year old DD with her 8 month old baby and think her mother must be 90 because I'm called Grandma. Unless they're not good at maths.
They certainly wouldn't think it if they met me (no! Not because they'd think I was 100, you naughty whippersnapper).

I am Granny to all my grandchildren. Their other grandmothers are Grandma. I think that sounds much older than Granny!

I’m Nana and I love it; why would anyone think it’s some kind of decline?

My mum was very excited to be Granny but unfortunately my eldest couldn’t say it properly and she is now affectionately known as “Gary”.

My mum initially wanted grandma - she then changed it because my DD was an early talker and so she wanted her to be able to say her name easily and became Nana

I had a Granny and a Farm Granny (yes, she loved on a farm). My own mother was Granny to my children and I hope to be Granny if and when I have grandchildren. I think Nanny or Nanna sound like mispronounced Granny or Grandma. Grandma sounds a bit too formal to me.

I’m Nana.

My son in law’s Mum is Nana too.

My Grandparents were Nan/Nanny.

Depends on what you want to be called, there’s no right or wrong.

Granny is good for me, I have 6 DGC.
Nana means - chick or girlfriend in France.
Nana to me means a shorten form of nanny - one of those that wear the Norland uniform.
To avoid confusion, in some languages there are two words used, one for the maternal side and the other for the paternal.

It’s taste. In my family we generally have Nanas (with one great gran) so I will be a Nana. My MIL chose Granny but her DM and MIL were both grans. My SIL’s mum is Nanny. There are many different names to use and non are better or worse and you shouldn’t feel someone else’ choice is a reflection on you and your choice.

Family tradition maybe. My own Granny, born 1890, was a wonderful lady, and very, very special to me. She was of the class and generation who had nannies and servants. She wasn't called "Mum" by her own children, because that's what the cook called her mother. She wouldn't be "Nana" because that's what she called her nanny. Because I loved her so much, I'm "Granny" to my own DGC

I am Granny, the other one (that you can push off the bus) is Nana, and my exs wife (the one that you can push under the bus) is Nana-her first name. The funny thing is, my grandchildren named my ex, Grandad -his wifes first name! My Mum was little Granny, as she was barely 5ft.

I used Nana for my grandmother's but my own DS used Nanny. I personally dislike Grandma and Granny, sound far too old. Nan is ok.

I didn’t call either of my grandmothers “Granny” (one was Grandma and the other had a made up name).

My children called both of their grandmothers “Granny”. And they called their step-grandmother (my stepmother) “Granny Mary” (not her real name).

Yeah, never mind wars, plane crashes, crime out of control. The real problem is what to call our grandparents.

GiveDogBone · Today 19:19

Yeah, never mind wars, plane crashes, crime out of control. The real problem is what to call our grandparents.

Life goes on.

I had a Granny and a Mama. My children had Granny and Grandma and I am Mamgu - one of the two Welsh words for grandmother.

I had 2 Nanas, my children had a Nana (my mum) and a Grandma. I don't have grandchildren and it doesn't look as though I ever will, so I won't be anything. If people choose to look down their nose at any of those terms, well, who do they think they are?

I had two nanas; nana from B and nana from T. I don’t expect my daughters to have children and, although I’ll love them if they do arrive, I don’t “need” grandchildren so I’d just be happy to be called by my name.

Towards the bottom of what? I insist on Nana, hate granny, or nanny!

Yes, I found this offensive, to be honest. I’m from North East England and called both grandmothers nana. Unsure why OP feels this is a sign of moral decline.

I've never heard "Nana " in my area - HC England.

My DGD in NZ calls me Nana - not keen , but I go with it.

Get real! Ffs! Absolutely nothing frightfully common about "nana"

Plummeting? OTT much 😅
FWIW I'm 40, and my GM was Nana to me too. So it's hardly a new thing.