Little something different

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

So, for those of you who are parents or plan to be, what did you (or do you plan to) 'name' yourselves and the grandparents? How about aunts and uncles and such?

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[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

I'm 18wks preg with my first, and my stepdad wants to be called "Fafa" (sp?) which is Swedish for Grandpa. Fine by me! :) That's how we'll introduce him if that's what he'd like.

But, it's also possible for the child to create their own name for people. My cousin's daughter "A" had a hard time saying "Grandma" when she was little, so she called my aunt "Gree" instead. It stuck, and A is now 14 and still calls her Gree. All of A's friends *also* call her Gree, haha.

When i was little, i had so many grandparents (divorce and remarriages) that they were all "Grammy Lastname" or in a few cases, "Grammy Firstname" and whatnot.

[kort-ni.livejournal.com]

In Danish (and I am not sure about swedish but I assume it's similar) Farfar (pronounced fafa) means Father's father and Morfar means Mother's father while Mormor means Mother's mother and Farmor means father's mother. I thought it was so interesting that grandparent names could tell you a side of the family

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

Oooh that's really cool! I'll have to look into that, thanks.

[buttonmoulder.livejournal.com]

Part of our family is from/lives in Norway - same deal on Mormor/Morfar, Farmor/Farfar. It makes so much sense to do it that way!