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can someone from the north explain to me why my northern cousins call our grandpa papa

where i live Papa is the Spanish term for daddy. but my dad's biological dad who lived in Michigan all my life was called papa vs pawpaw or grandpa which is what i called my dad's stepfather and adopted father and my mom's dad
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
Wonderful thing about English... It comes in so many flavours ;)
foggymorning31 · 36-40, F
@ozgirl512 lol true
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@foggymorning31 exactly lol
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
My grand kids all call me Papa. They also call my wife Mama. Their mother is Mom and their father is Dad.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@foggymorning31 The funny thing is that I never knew my father in law existed before I met his daughter. It turned out that my uncles were in the same battalion as he was. His wife my mother in law grew up on a farm next to an aunt that married one of my uncles. Dear Wife and I still joke about how our families knew each other before we did.
foggymorning31 · 36-40, F
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@foggymorning31 I was talking to one of my uncles who said the troops were coming back from the front when my father in law stuck his head in the truck and told the men that they obviously needed more training. One of the men climbed down from the truck and punched the father in law out. He was soon transferred out of the regiment. He went on to be a decorated warrior. He was in combat and called artillery fire on his own position to drive off the Germans.
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
It’s a pretty common thing in Italian American households to call the grandfather papa. That’s why my kids called my wife’s dad.
foggymorning31 · 36-40, F
@JoeyFoxx we're scottish and German though
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
🤷‍♂️@foggymorning31

 
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