What do you call your relatives?

D'Snowth

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 8, 2003
Messages
38,849
Reaction score
12,813
christyb said:
I'm from Tennessee born and lived here 99% of my life....we say "Ant"
We sure do, don't we?

I have a friend though who would say "Ont", but then again, he was African-American, and I noticed alot of African-Americans say "Ont" instead of "Ant". Like Lamont on Sanford and Son calls Esther "Ont" Esther.
 

Muppet Newsgirl

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 28, 2006
Messages
3,168
Reaction score
51
I usually say Ant, but sometimes I say Ont. Ont's more common in New England.

Here's mine:

Mother: Mom
Father: Dad
Brother: Chris, or 'Bro'
Grandmother: Grandma or Gran
Uncles: Uncle (insert name here)
Aunts: Aunt (insert name here)
Cousins: (insert name here)
The Dogs: We've got two, a black lab/German Shepherd mix named Toby and a German shorthaired pointer named Marta. I either call them by their real names, or refer to them as the animals, the beasts, the mongrels, the mutt-lets...you get the idea.

What have I been called? In my family (both nuclear and extended), you respond to whatever's called in your general direction. That's the way it was with my mom and her brothers (all 5 of them), and my grandmother continues it with us the grandkids.
My folks usually call me Erin, but Mom often calls me E-Miss and Dad sometimes calls me Erin Michelle (Michelle being my middle name and all that).
 

MrsPepper

Well-Known Member
Joined
Dec 23, 2004
Messages
4,333
Reaction score
75
Mother: Mum
Father: Dad
Grandmother: One side is Grandma, the other side is Granny

Definately say Ant.
 

peachesncream

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 15, 2005
Messages
197
Reaction score
0
my parents are mommy and daddy still.my grandmother is grammy.i call my aunt and uncles by their first names and my inlaws also.sometimes i call my mother in law mom.nothing special wiht me here except for my grammy.
 

Ilikemuppets

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 8, 2005
Messages
15,138
Reaction score
25
I'm from Tennessee, and I have always said Aunt. I'm also African American, which also might explain it.
 

Katzi428

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 13, 2002
Messages
5,782
Reaction score
646
Mother-Mom ("Mommy" when I was a kid...what little kid doesn't,right?)
Father(when he was alive)- Dad or Daddy
My siblings-by their first names
Grandmothers-my father's mother was "Pahkah"(my older brother was the 1st grandchild & couldn't say "Grandma" so it was "Pahkah") my mother's mother was "Nana"
Grandfather-my father's father was "Pop-Pop" ,my mother's father passed away when my mom was 4 so I never knew him
What everyone calls me:Kath (or Kathleen when I'm in trouble!:eek: ) Dad used to call me "Kathy-Button Nose" when I was little. My grandfather used to call me "Katzi" sometimes
And I pronounce "Aunt" like the little black insect
 

Sgt Floyd

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 5, 2006
Messages
27,870
Reaction score
2,540
Mother: Mom, but if I want to really annoy her, I'll call her mommymommymommymommymommy

Father: Dad

Grandmothers: I have one grandmother and I call her granny

Aunts: By their names

Uncles: By their names

Cousin: By their names

Cat: Rusty (his real name), Roo, Roo-Roo, Garfield (cause he is so fat), Halloween Boy (cause hes a black cat), Pig Boy, Horse Boy, Lazy Blob, Fuzzy Face, Fluffy, Tubby Tummy, and alot more

Dog: Clyde, Clyde-alide, Clydles, Clydie, Puddles, Hyper Boy, Chomper (he loves to bite)
 
Top