Nana is a dog?
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And I wonder about the likelihood of babies saying that if it wasn't first said to them. Our first son 's name starts with 'j' and his younger brother, as a baby, called him 'jayjay' so no problem with the first consonant.
Quote: keewik @ 15th April 2017, 8:40 PMGrandparents who call themselves 'nana' and 'papa'. What's wrong with granny and grandpa? Nana is a f**king dog for heaven's sake. And surely 'papa' is another word for father. I know somebody who has a friend who's known by the name of ' Nana' so why the hell does this friend have her grandchildren call her 'nana'?Irritating.
In my case my father's mother was nan or nana and my mother's mother was gran or grandma.
One does need TWO you know. 
Quote: zooo @ 15th April 2017, 9:21 PMNana is a dog?
It's a common clue on a Crossword app on my phone: "Peter Pan dog." Answer: Nana. I would prefer the crossword setters be more ambitious and give a clue like: "Zola novel about the folly of falling in love with a prostitute."
Quote: keewik @ 15th April 2017, 8:40 PMGrandparents who call themselves 'nana' and 'papa'. What's wrong with granny and grandpa?
It's a class distinguisher in classless Australia. Children from "ordinary" families would refer to "Nana and Pop". Whereas those from more literate families would not dream of uttering such terms. Nanna, however, is Italian for grandmother, while nanas is Indonesian for pineapple.
I am currently watching Woody Allen's 'Interiors'. It is total and utter f**king shit. Who gives a f**k about 4 overpaid, understimulated wankers with nothing better to do than agonise cos they ain't bonking the one they want to? We got Goethe and Bergman for that. You really are a wanker aren't you Woody? A totally arrogant, self-obesessed, head-up-its-own-jacksie wanker. A total utter self-centred, self-absorbed, thinks-he's-cleverer-witttier-more-important-than-he-is, one-film-a-year-but-it's-always-shit-so-I'll-pepper-it-with-references-to-decent-films-like-that-makes-mine-just-as-good-well-it-don't-f**k-that-I'll-watch-them-instead, face-like-a-cock's-cock-but-bonks-Mia-Farrow-when-she's-a-sexpot-and-steada-thanking-his-lucky-stars-decides-to-put-his-cock-in-her-daughter's-poon-instead f**king total f**king wanker.
Quote: billwill @ 16th April 2017, 2:04 AMIn my case my father's mother was nan or nana and my mother's mother was gran or grandma.
One does need TWO you know.
You can call them Granny Black and Granny White (or whatever the surnames are) when talking ABOUT them and just call them Granny to their faces. That's what's always happened in my family and there were never any problems.
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ 16th April 2017, 10:22 AMI am currently watching Woody Allen's 'Interiors'. It is total and utter f**king shit . . . . . . . . . . f**king total f**king wanker.
And put the coffee down . . . or throw against the wall as per.
Nana is a banana.
Quote: Kenneth @ 16th April 2017, 4:11 AMIt's a common clue on a Crossword app on my phone: "Peter Pan dog." Answer: Nana.
Ahh, I never noticed that.
Quote: keewik @ 16th April 2017, 11:03 AMYou can call them Granny Black and Granny White (or whatever the surnames are) when talking ABOUT them and just call them Granny to their faces. That's what's always happened in my family and there were never any problems.
Granny makes them sound old! Nanny is more affectionate.
Still we know you Scotch don't know anything about affection.
They ARE bloody old! What's this vanity about being 'granny'? That's what it's about - bloody vanity. I'd rather be an old 'granny' than a bloody silly dog/banana/whatever. It's a vain affectation.
And 'Nanny' is too bloody Tory - witness the witless Jacob Rees-Mogg who took his NANNY to campaign with him in Fife. Numpty!
Quote: keewik @ 16th April 2017, 8:57 PMThey ARE bloody old!
Eh eh! Calm down, In Liverpool they could be 30 years old.
You're thinking of great grandma's Chappers.
I stopped off at a motorway service station yesterday and went to buy a soft drink at one of the outlets. I asked for a small one. "Sorry, we only do medium or large".
I went to the supermarket this morning and asked them to slice the loaf of bread that I was buying. "What thickness would you like it sliced?" I thought perhaps thin. "Sorry we only do medium or thick."
How does that work? Surely to have a medium option, you must have sizes either side with medium in the middle.
Medium, Thick, Doorstep? 