South Africa

Hi! My name is Caroline W

I call my two grannies Gran and Granny Waddy. We have very friendly and serious chats. My granny loves to go for walks in the mornings.

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Hi my name is Amber S.
I have two grannies and a step- granny. I call my two grannies Grandma and Granny and my step granny Granny Avril. What I enjoy doing with my granny is baking. She lives quite far away from me. My other granny is dead but she always used to take me to fun places and always, always gave me a biscuit when I went to her house. My step-granny lives in Hermanus and I do sewing with her.

By Amber S

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my name is Lisa K. I call my two grand mothers Ouma and Mama. They are the best grandmothers in the world. The one grand mother always buys me sweets and gives me money while the other one buys me ice- creams and gives me sweets too. I love my grandmas because they always talk to me and give me the best gift ever which is love.

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Hello there! Kelly P here
I am sure there are many names for GRANs like "Gogo" well anyway I call my granny "Ganny" because she is like a nanny and I can't call her nanny! Sometimes I called her nanna but she's died already.

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Hi my name is Kelly T.
I have two grandmothers. I call one Gran and the other one is Nanna. Gran always takes me to many exciting places. I often go to my nanna's house and she always lets me play games on her new television. (DS.TV - satellite T.V.)

BY KELLY T.

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Springfield Convent Junior school
SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.computers4kids.co.za/sfcj.htm

The way of saying grandmother in Afrikaans is Ouma (Ou as in obe, Ma as in Margaret)

The word for "grandmother" in Xhosa is umakhulu - pronounced "ooo maa koo lu"

The Zulu for GrandMom is Gogo, not as in "go for a walk" but as in the "o" in order.

Carolynn B
South Africa

Grandmother and Me - a Kidlink book in many languages
Project moderators: Carolynn Bruton, Rubem Paulo and Patti Weeg
Webpage maintained by Patti Weeg
May 2000