Nana

[David Bergdahl]

My mother's preference for being addressed as Nana by her grandkids could
not have been to differentiate it from "the other Grandma" because she was
an Oma; she thought "Grandma" and "-pa" sounded too old--that's what we
called her parents.  My father's parents were G'ma and G'pop (or
Pop-pop or just plain Pop)--pronounced [dzhi:pap].  My parents were "Mom"
and "the old man"--I think everybody chooses albeit from a limited set.

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David Bergdahl          Ellis Hall 366         Ohio University / Athens
Associate Prof/English  tel:  (740) 593-2783   fax:  (740) 593-2818
                        bergdahl at oak.cats.ohiou.edu
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