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submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 58 points 5 months ago (37 children)

I never understood this, as my grandparents were always grandma/grandpa, or granny (in my paternal granmothers case she preferred it).

Then I moved to the south, and met my husband's family and friends. Every single one of them had weird names for at least one of their grandparents. A lot of them called grandmother "meemaw" and my father in law is papaw to my neices and nephews.

I took it as a cultural thing, but it still feels a bit strange to me.

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago (31 children)

I fucking hate meemaw/mamaw and papaw with a passion. Partly because me ex's white-trash family uses them, but also they just sound stupid and I hate saying/hearing them

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (27 children)

White trash?

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Never heard that term?

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