tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post115584633070188118..comments2024-03-24T22:24:11.549-07:00Comments on Rice Daddies: Grand Naming ConventionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-515299294073844572007-05-26T18:38:00.001-07:002007-05-26T18:38:00.001-07:00I called my late grandpa from mom's side as 'opa' ...I called my late grandpa from mom's side as 'opa' (a loanword from Dutch) and my existing grandma from dad's side as 'ompung' (a Batak term used for direct grandmothers). My mom came from Manado (hence the Dutch influence) and my dad from the North Sumatra hinterlands, and I was born and bred in Jakarta, Indonesia.<BR/><BR/>My kids would most likely call their grandparents from my side as 'ompungmukugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357411538290433150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-57785936677976490462007-05-26T18:38:00.000-07:002007-05-26T18:38:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.mukugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357411538290433150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1156291511401450212006-08-22T17:05:00.000-07:002006-08-22T17:05:00.000-07:00A little off topic - but I was reading a moomyblog...A little off topic - but I was reading a moomyblog about choosing games for kids. I had no idea that in Hawaii they go 'junk-ana-po' and 'jan-ken-po' in Japan. In the Philippines, kids go <BR/>'Jak-n-poy'. Must be a Chinese game, I guess. The whole thing in the philippines is:<BR/><BR/>Jak-n-poy<BR/>hale, hale hoy<BR/>sinong matalo<BR/>siyang unggoy!<BR/><BR/>The last two lines basically meanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1156190281703274842006-08-21T12:58:00.000-07:002006-08-21T12:58:00.000-07:00Lovely topic. If you think it can be confusing and...Lovely topic. If you think it can be confusing and complicated when born to it, try naming when you are incorporating it into your family customs.<BR/><BR/>My husband and I are of assorted white american descent. We have two wonderful children adopted from China.<BR/><BR/>I called my maternal grandmother "nana" and my maternal grandfather "grandpa." When we adopted our children, my mother Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1156077622917694302006-08-20T05:40:00.000-07:002006-08-20T05:40:00.000-07:00I'm Viet so, like honglien123, I call my maternal ...I'm Viet so, like honglien123, I call my maternal grandparents Ba Ngaoi and Ong Ngoai. <BR/><BR/>My father's side, however, is where it gets confusing. You see, they're a small ethnic Chinese, long time resident of Viet Nam.<BR/><BR/>We call my paternal grandmother (now deceased) 'Ma' and paternal grandfather 'Cong'. 'Ma' is also the word for mother, so we call our mother 'Um' which is what Oanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18005515006491660673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1156015027564437762006-08-19T12:17:00.000-07:002006-08-19T12:17:00.000-07:00i called my chinese grandparents gunggung and popo...i called my chinese grandparents gunggung and popo. i think it's for maternal grandparents. i guess it's cantonese?<BR/><BR/>i called my japanese grandparents grandma and grandpa.<BR/><BR/>but i also called my babysitter Grandma Yamamoto.<BR/><BR/>my husband's family (Hawaiian, Chinese, English, Dutch, Portuguese, I forget the rest) has all kinds of creative stuff. His mother is called Deah, Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131341155228629159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155936786079675192006-08-18T14:33:00.000-07:002006-08-18T14:33:00.000-07:00Pumpkin calls my Filipino parents Nana and Tata an...Pumpkin calls my Filipino parents Nana and Tata and calls her dad's parents Grandma (asian american) and Grandpa (caucasian american) but it sounds like "ban ma" and "bom pa".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155931987419514492006-08-18T13:13:00.000-07:002006-08-18T13:13:00.000-07:00My kids call my husband's Hispanic parents "Nana &...My kids call my husband's Hispanic parents "Nana & Tata" and my Filipino parents "Grandma & Papa". They call my parents that because my sister's kids call my parents that. And they call their Mexican great-grandparents "Bisabuelo and Bisabuela" -- these are my MILs parents. They call my FILs Puerto Rican mom "Bisabuela" as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155920558210363352006-08-18T10:02:00.000-07:002006-08-18T10:02:00.000-07:00Hi Ka_Jun,My parents are from the Philippines, but...Hi Ka_Jun,<BR/><BR/>My parents are from the Philippines, but I was born here. My wife is Caucasian. So I guess a more accurate way to describe my son is half-Filipino/half-Caucasian.Newbie Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624359750731978490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155910657580718152006-08-18T07:17:00.000-07:002006-08-18T07:17:00.000-07:00Hey NewbieDad, from a fellow Pinoy to another, wha...Hey NewbieDad, from a fellow Pinoy to another, what do you mean when you say your son is half-Filipino/half-American?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155908333705654842006-08-18T06:38:00.000-07:002006-08-18T06:38:00.000-07:00the kids call me ex-husband's parents: granma and ...the kids call me ex-husband's parents: granma and papa (they're american)<BR/><BR/>my parents are: hommie (for grandmoter in korean: hal-mon-ee) and hobbie (had-ab-o-gee for grandgather in korean)<BR/><BR/>i hope to be called "cool" of whatever the vernacular equivilent will be when it's my turn to be a grandma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155863966293636642006-08-17T18:19:00.000-07:002006-08-17T18:19:00.000-07:00Vietnamese is also really really nuts about this s...Vietnamese is also really really nuts about this subject. On the one hand it can get really confusing if you don't know what all the different pronouns (which Wikipedia has compiled a decent although incomplete list here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_pronouns). On the other hand, it's kinda nice to know exactly how a person's related to you. I mean, instead of saying "Oh, she's my honglien123https://www.blogger.com/profile/04664865503830892153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-1155850317471031932006-08-17T14:31:00.000-07:002006-08-17T14:31:00.000-07:00great subject. I find the chinse method of precis...great subject. I find the chinse method of precisely naming your relatives immensely confusing at family gatherings, where everybody has a billion names, depending on their relation with whoever is greeting them....<BR/><BR/>My mom's parents were wai-gong and wai-puoa (mandarin chinese). I never knew my dad's father, but his mom (whom I only met once) was puoa-puoa (mandarin chinese).<BR/><BR/>thisislarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157349911656341561noreply@blogger.com