Re: Relations

Brian Betty wrote:

> I mean, maybe I'm a freak, but I have always made a distinction in
> my head between maternal and paternal grandparents, but to actually refer
> to my poor Nana J as my maternal grandmother is like referring to her as my
> supecalifragilisticexpialidocious, if you know what I mean.
My daughter (age 12) has distinct names (not descriptions) for her four
grandparents: my parents (deceased) are Gramma /gr&ma/ and Grampa
/gr&mpa/, and my wife's parents (alive) are Granmommy /gr&(n)mami/ and
Grandaddy /gr&nd&di/.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)