South Africa

Dear Patti
My name is Pascale P.
I call my granny granny my granny's real name is Pat. I'm in grade 3s and my teacher's name is Miss Strano. I love my granny because she teachers me to knit and sew.

LOVE PASCALE!!!!

What about grampas you can't leave them out?

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Hello, my name is Sarah and I am from Cape Town. I call my Granny Gran. I like it when I go to sleep at her house and watch Gladiators. I like it when we play games togther. I really like it when we knit together.

My other Granny lives in Johannesburg (Gauteng). I also call her Gran. I really enjoy it because she is very, very very kind.

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Hello my name is Tanya and I call my granny granny. I like to play cards with my granny. My granny cooks lovely food and she gives me toys. I like to play in her garden.

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Hello my name is Tiffany
I have two grannies and I love them very much. I call my grannies granny and granny.B. I like to knit with granny.B. and play cards with her, talk to her. I like to talk to my mum's mum and give her big hugs

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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