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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mimi and Papa are not a Southern thing. [/quote] Agree. Not southern at all. MaMaw and PaPaw are southern. Although we are from Mississippi and our grandbaby calls us Grammy and Granddaddy. [/quote] I always thought it was a Jewish or maybe Yiddish thing. The branch of my family that is Jewish uses these names for the wife's parents. [/quote] I'm Jewish, never heard these names before. Grandpa and grandma in Hebrew is saba and savta, Yiddish is bubbie and zeide. [/quote] Oops - other way around for Yiddish (zeide and bubbie).[/quote] The family I'm thinking of is in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. The family is Jewish, but it could just as easily be a regional thing, or just names they happen to like. They've used them for a long time- 20+ years, so they're not following a new trend. [/quote]
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