We say vovô and vovó in Brazil, as equivalents of granpa and granma. JS Lopes
________________________________ De: "carab...@aol.com" <carab...@aol.com> Para: azores@googlegroups.com Enviadas: Sábado, 7 de Janeiro de 2012 20:03 Assunto: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Teaching Myself a Little Portuguese....regarding the F... We called my great,great-grandmother, "Vava" & my great-grandfather, "Vavo". My great-grandmother was called, "Nana". (They were from Sao Miguel.) They lived in New Bedford, Mass. Sherry in CA In a message dated 1/7/2012 1:49:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, shir...@digitalpath.net writes: I remember people saying vavo (vavoo) for grandfather; >and vava (vavaw) for grandmother. >Shirley in CA > -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
