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Saturday, 4 June 2011

What to call Grandma?

As the brood of grandkids and the number of 'other' grandmothers attached to my family are increasing, a question that comes up is 'what will the new baby call me?'. Every family has its own way of identifying which grandmother they are talking about. Sometimes it is not just as easy as saying "Gran".
I am blessed with a fairly long living matriarchal line. At one point in my family there were 5 living generations... of which 3 generationshad at least one, if not several, suviving grandmothers amongst its members. When I first became a grandmother, both my mother and MY grandmother were still alive. Quite often all 3 of us were in a room with one of my sons and his children. The kids couldn't just call us all 'Grandma', it was too confusing.

For curiosity, i decided to look up what Grandmothers are called around the globe. This is what I found:

Grandmother	Grandfather	Language
Jadda	Jadd	Arabic*
Teetay, Teeta	Seedo, Jeedo	Arabic, Palestinian dialect*
Metzmayr	Metzhayr	Armenian*
Amatchi	Aïtatchi	Basque (region in NE Spain/SW France)
Henna	Jaddee	*Berber (Morocco & Algeria), Northeast/Northwest dialect**
Jeeda	Jaddee	*Berber, Northern dialect**
Mamm-Baour	Tad-Paour	Breton (NW France)
Baba	Dyado	Bulgarian*
Àvia, Iaia (used by small children)	Avi, Iaio (used by small children)	Catalan (Spain)
?	Neenadaa	*Chechen - maternal**
Nai-Nai	Yeh-Yeh	Chinese (Mandarin) - paternal
Baba, Baka	Djed	Croatian
babic'ka	de'd	Czech
Mormor	Morfa	Danish - maternal
Fafa	Famor	Danish - paternal
Oma	Opa	Dutch
Avino	Avo	Esperanto
Maadar-e Bozorg	Pedar-e Bozorg	*Farsi (colloquial) (Iraq)**
isoäiti, Mummo, Mummu	isoisä, Vaari	Finnish
Bomma	Bompa	Flemish (Belgium)
Grand-maman	Grand-papa	French
Avoa	Avó	Galician (Spain)
Bebia (colloq. = Babo)	Babua (colloq.= Papa)	Georgian*
Oma	Opa	German
Yia Yia or yaya	Papou	*Greek - maternal**
Nona		*Greek - paternal**
Kupuna wahine, tu-tu-, ku-ku-, ku-ku- wahine	Kupuna ka-ne, tu-tu-, ku-ku-, ku-ku- ka-ne.	Hawaiian
Savta	Saba	Hebrew*
anyóka, nagyanya	apóka, nagyapa	Hungarian
amma	afi	Icelandic
Dida	Dadu	*India - Bengali - maternal**
Thakur-ma	Thakur-da or Thakur-dada	*India - Bengali - paternal**
Nanni	Naana	*India: Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu - maternal**
Daadi	Daada	*India: Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu - paternal**
Ammamma	?	India - Telugu*
Aanaga ("Aana" commonly)	Ataataga	Inupiaq Eskimo
Maimeó (Mammo)	Daideó (daddo)	Irish Gaelic
Nonna	Nonno	Italian
?	bapêr, bawegewre	*Kurdish (Iraq, Turkey, Syria)**
vecma-min,a, te-vama-te, ma-tesma-te	vecte-vs, ma-teste-vs	Latvian
(bobute.) senele.	senelis	Lithuanian
Jjajja (GAH kyeh)	Jjajja (GAH kyeh)	Luganda (southern Uganda)
Nenibe	Raibe, Ababe	Malagasy (Madagascar)
nenek	?	Malay (Malaysia)
Busia	Dzia Dzia	Polish
vovozinha, avó	avô	Portuguese
Meme	Pepe	Quebecois (Canada)
bunica(, bunicut,a(	bunic, bunicut,	Romanian
Babushka	Dedushka	Russian*
Baba, Nana	deda, djed	Serbian*
	si jE kenek	*Singhalese (Sri Lanka)**
Abuela/Abuelo	?	Spanish
Tita	Tito	Spanish - informal (short for Abuelita/Abuelito)
Bibi, Nyanya	Babu	Swahili -Eastern Africa (only spoken as a lingua franca)
Mormor	Morfar	Swedish - maternal grandparents
Farmor	Farfar	Swedish - paternal grandparents
Teta (Te tah)	Jidu (Jee dew)	Syrian*
Lola	Lolo	Tagalog (Philippines)
Anneanne (pronounced anna anna)	(most common) dede, (rare) buyukbaba	Turkish - maternal
Babaanne	?	Turkish - paternal
Ene	Baba	Turkmen (Turkmenistan)*
??????, ???? (babusia, baba)	??? (did)	Ukrainian
???? Daadi	???? - Daadaa	Urdu (India)*
Bibi	Bobo, Buva, Doda	Uzbek (Uzbekistan)*
mmakhulu	mmakhulu	Venda (northern South Africa)
bà	ông	Vietnamese
Nain ("nine")	Taid ("Tyde")	Welsh - northern part
Mam-gu (mam-GHEE with a hard 'g')	Tad-cu (tad-KEE)	Welsh - southern part
Bubbe	Zeydeh	Yiddish*
Ugogo	Ubabamkhulu	Zulu (South Africa)

full article here

There are certainly a few different options to think about next time the conversation comes up with the 'other grandma' as to what we are going to be known as.

What do your grandkids call you?

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

HRT

I read somewhere a few years ago that HRT treatments improved your sex life. Whoo hoo I thought, something to look forward to! My romantic life was going through a bit of a dry spell, in more ways that one. The idea of a legal libido lift was something to look forward to.

My Doctor now tells me he doesn't want me to have HRT because of the blasted Autoimmune things I have going on.

I feel like a kiddie deprived of sweets. I had heard so many tales of how good women had felt once they had begun treatment.

Am I missing out? How did HRT medication affect you?

Luckily I discovered that the only lift my libido needed was a new man in my life, so I decided to follow Drs orders. For now.

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

GILF

There I was, enjoying single life, my kids all grown up, and nothing to tie me down...when all of a sudden I heard the words that bought both joy and dread. I was going ot be a grandmother...but I was still young, still partying, clubbing, and enjoying myself.
All of a sudden I was old, fated to a life of knitting paterns and baking cup cakes. So not me!
I tried, I really tried to act like I thought a granny should act... babysat, baked and so on.

So what is life like as a modern day granny? When overseeing the next generation doesn't mean you are on the brink of senillity and the zimmer frame?

I'd love to hear your stories of life after being a gran. Give me something to look forward to!