What do you call your Grandmother and Grandfather?
By momalisa65
@momalisa65 (1971)
United States
3 responses
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
25 May 18
Interesting question! I always thought I was odd in that I did not call my grandparents "grandma" and "grandpa" like all my peers seemed to.
I only had one grandparent alive when I was born, which was my paternal grandmother. I always called her "Pouffle" (first syllable "oo" sound as in "book," not as in "poof!") It was what my dad had called his grandmother - her mother - growing up and so she wanted to be "Pouffle" instead of grandma like her mother. I am not sure where exactly it came from, but New Orleans families often know each other by odd nicknames.
Although I did not know my grandfather, we're guessing I might have called him "Bunk." Again, that was his father's "grandfatherly" name.
@momalisa65 (1971)
• United States
25 May 18
That’s interesting, I never heard that name before.
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