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re: What's a creole/cajun name for grandpaw?
Posted on 5/11/24 at 1:52 pm to BestBanker
Posted on 5/11/24 at 1:52 pm to BestBanker
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Memere & Pepere. These are very popular French Cajun nicknames for grandma and grandpa
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Posted on 5/11/24 at 2:10 pm to BestBanker
Boudreaux
Posted on 5/11/24 at 2:23 pm to BOSCEAUX
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a lot of them call their Grandfather Big Daddy
I may have to tell my 2 1/2 year old grandson there has been a name change from PopPop to Big Daddy
That got some swag to it
eta: hopefully I can outlive grandma and utilize that title
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 2:24 pm to BestBanker
Perry
Posted on 5/11/24 at 2:29 pm to BestBanker
Interesting. So I looked it up in my copy of “A Dictionary of the Cajun Language” and it seems for “granddad” the term would be “grand-pere” or “pepere”.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 2:37 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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a lot of them call their Grandfather Big Daddy I may have to tell my 2 1/2 year old grandson there has been a name change from PopPop to Big Daddy That got some swag to it eta: hopefully I can outlive grandma and utilize that title
My kids called my dad Big Da before he passed (pronounced like dad with the d dropped). Funny enough when I have grandkids I want them to call me Pop Pop
Posted on 5/11/24 at 3:54 pm to BOSCEAUX
Corn Pop. That’s a bad dude!!
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:41 pm to BestBanker
Make sure it’s pronounceable … I went with Papi’ (Pah-pee).
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:44 pm to High C
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T-Paw
Little paw?
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:54 pm to BestBanker
BawBaw
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:55 pm to BestBanker
Paw-Paw (Last name).
If they are both from Louisiana and both still with us.
If they are both from Louisiana and both still with us.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 4:55 pm to LSUCifreaux
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I know a few who go by Papoo
I had one and his dad was one
Posted on 5/11/24 at 5:10 pm to BestBanker
PaPa Boy or PeePaw
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:47 pm to BestBanker
Papa
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:52 pm to BestBanker
My mom called her grandparents something like "Muh-ma" and "Puh-pa."
But they were plain ol' SW La/SE Texan cajun, not the fancy going to college and studying French types.
I've heard her say "Ma-mere" or "Mem-ere" too; not sure who got which designations.
But they were plain ol' SW La/SE Texan cajun, not the fancy going to college and studying French types.
I've heard her say "Ma-mere" or "Mem-ere" too; not sure who got which designations.
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:15 pm to BestBanker
Craw Paw ?
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:15 pm to TulaneUVA
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Papere
This is the answer.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:18 pm to 1984Tiger
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Make sure it’s pronounceable … I went with Papi’ (Pah-pee).
That’s was my grandpas name.
Papee and mamee
Probably a derivative of papere and mamere
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:23 pm to BestBanker
Gran Papa
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