tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post5688919344221798685..comments2023-06-14T09:47:19.626-05:00Comments on The Relentless Builder: What Name Do You Call Your Grandmother?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741175042414216760noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-62737728456907617842013-06-14T16:52:32.304-05:002013-06-14T16:52:32.304-05:00I'm Igbo so it was "Mma" but not lik...I'm Igbo so it was "Mma" but not like mma for beauty but with a.... I need to use accents to explain it lolNollywood REinventedhttp://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-13684647865761240612013-05-30T10:35:57.722-05:002013-05-30T10:35:57.722-05:00I call my Maternal grandma, 'Mama Agba, that&#...I call my Maternal grandma, 'Mama Agba, that's what we all call her, she is my only grandparent.Jemimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-74580047479650705202013-05-30T05:52:25.918-05:002013-05-30T05:52:25.918-05:00I called my grandma (maternal) Iya agba/Mommy Mole...I called my grandma (maternal) Iya agba/Mommy Molete (she was resident in molete) and Paternal Granpa baba agba/Baba agugu (he was resident in Agugu :DToinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-66659496282199463092013-05-29T06:23:27.403-05:002013-05-29T06:23:27.403-05:00Gosh, I'm so embarrassed right now, but I will...Gosh, I'm so embarrassed right now, but I will confess. I call my maternal grandmother Ma'ami, as short form of Mama mi. Then I call my paternal grandmother Mummy Badagry, cos she lived in Badagry. These were the names every one in the family called all of them, irrespective of whether we were children or grandchildren.@ilolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-30124607285439391882013-05-29T04:49:08.064-05:002013-05-29T04:49:08.064-05:00Dhaga in ewe language and Nana (this could go for ...Dhaga in ewe language and Nana (this could go for both male and females grannies) in the Twi language in Ghana.priscynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-22930774710823826752013-05-29T02:00:40.398-05:002013-05-29T02:00:40.398-05:00Mbuya or Gogo. Im ZimbabweanMbuya or Gogo. Im Zimbabweanchuwechuwenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007262862160462114.post-10083224855930208262013-05-29T01:49:24.059-05:002013-05-29T01:49:24.059-05:00I called my paternal grandma Iya Ago (her area) or...I called my paternal grandma Iya Ago (her area) or grandma Ago, she was not read. My maternal g.ma on the other hand is well read, lived in Ghana for a while , so she is more exposed. Sometimes, i call her Aunty (one of her names) or just plain Grandma.HoneyDamenoreply@blogger.com