Words for grandparents

Gabrielle Kindell gabkins at COLLEGECLUB.COM
Fri Oct 20 02:47:18 UTC 2000


I'm from Eastern Kentucky, and it is very common for people to call their
grandparents Mamaw (for grandmother) and Papaw (for grandfather). I'm not
sure exactly how far this trend reaches, and I wonder if these words might
also be used in other parts of the country?

--Gabrielle Kindell


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