What do you call your Grandmother ?

[johnnystorm]

I miss my Nana, God rest her soul.

[Hector]

My grandmother on my moms side is gone now but we all called he Mima it's what most Hispanics call their grandma's

I never heard of the term Mima...so there goes your "most Hispanics call their grandmas Mima" theory out the door.



None of my grandparents are alive...I only met my paternal grandma...and my maternal grandpa...as a kid.

Like all Mexican households...my sister and I used to call her abuelita.

[palitoy]

Dad's side- Ma
Mum's side- Gran

[Mikey]

My grandfather on my fathers side who died before I was born .......
My older sibs and all his grandchildren used to call him dedool .. pronounced dee-dool.
I guess that's what Ukrainians call their grandfathers.
Our pronunciation though, might be Americanized and partly corrupted.

[toys2cool]

I never heard of the term Mima...so there goes your "most Hispanics call their grandmas Mima" theory out the door.



None of my grandparents are alive...I only met my paternal grandma...and my maternal grandpa...as a kid.

Like all Mexican households...my sister and I used to call her abuelita.

yeah abuela abuelita is just plain ol' grandmother in spanish ...Mima is different,I guess it's more like Cubans,Spanish,Puerto Ricans and the rest of Latin America

[livnxxxl]

When both of my Grandmother's were alive I called them either Grandma or Grandmother.

When I was younger I purposely called my Dad's Mom - Gram Cracker on a couple of occasions. She was not real hip on that name so I did not make it a habit to keep calling her that name just out of respect.

[Hector]

yeah abuela abuelita is just plain ol' grandmother in spanish ...Mima is different,I guess it's more like Cubans,Spanish,Puerto Ricans and the rest of Latin America

Abuela is grandmother...abuelita is diminutive endearment word for abuela.

Mima is not used in South America.

So you get South America and Mexico...380 million for South America...and 110 million for Mexico (plus about 30 million more beaners in the USA)...for a combined population of 520 million...compared to...

...the population of two tiny islands...Cuba and Puerto Rico...lol.

Nice try...but no cigar for you, Damien.

[cjefferys]

I called her gramma (when I was really little, I was told I called her "umga". Everyone got a kick out of that and always told me that story).

I called my great-grandmother Nanny.

My grandmother on my moms side is gone now but we all called he Mima it's what most Hispanics call their grandma's

Is that pronounced "Mee-ma"? That's what my mother is called by my sister's kids and my son (we spell it "Mema"). We aren't Hispanic, it's just what my niece started calling her for some reason, and it stuck.

[jwyblejr]

I still call my mom's mother nanny. Heck she'll be 90 in July. My dad's mother passed when I was six,so I don't really remember.

[supes]

Growing up I called both of my grandmothers: Grandma, when my younger cousins came along everyone started calling my mom's mom Nana. She passed away 2 months ago, love you Nana.

My kids call my mom Grammie, and my wifes mom Mema. They called my wifes Grandmother Mamounchu(spelling) I think it is Grandmother in Ukrain

[Meule]

My paternal grandmother was meme, my maternal grandmother is oma

[RG]

I call both gramma which is really grandma but without the "D" sound lol

lost them both one in 1990 the other in 2005 :(

[DocDrako]

My paternal Grandmother (& Grandfather) raised me so I call her Mom or Ma (and him Dad). My biological father doesn't like it but that's just too bad.

[fallensaviour]

I called them grandma and grandpa on both sides of the family.
My kids call their grandparents ; grandma and Papa.
except for my two year old who calls her grandma; Me-maw???
Not sure where she got it or if she just has a hard time with grandma?
I remember when the other two kids were small they used to call her gamma.
Anyway we just go with it.

[toys2cool]

Is that pronounced "Mee-ma"? That's what my mother is called by my sister's kids and my son (we spell it "Mema"). We aren't Hispanic, it's just what my niece started calling her for some reason, and it stuck.

yup that's the way