I'm going to be a grandmother! I have told my son and daughter-in-law that I want to be called Vavo. My mother who came to this country from Sao Miguel wanted to be an American all the way and had sworn to be Nana and Grandpa to my children. I loved calling my grandmother Vavo. It was never Avu. Unfortunately both my grandfather's were deceased so I never had the privilege of using Avo or Vavu. My husband who is Irish/French says it doesn't matter, but he thought Vavu was odd. He's not use to it. My sons never heard of it because my grandmother passed away when I was twelve and they were never around family enough to hear a lot of Portuguese except when they went to visit over there. They were only use to Tia and Tio.
At least I know there won't be a conflict between both grandparents now. Linda Borges (Furtado) Norton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
