Thanks, Linda. I hadn't realized the different variations of the Portuguese word for grandmother, i.e. VaVo, Vovo, etc. I'm curious about why there are so many variations when the "official" word seems to be "Avo".
Pat McCoy =================================================================== On 1/8/12, Linda Norton <[email protected]> wrote: > I always called my grandmother VaVo. My grandfathers I never met and my > mother said they were called VaVu. Now I'm a grandmother and I have my > grandson call me VaVo and my husband VaVu. I know Avo and Avoo is correct. > > My mother on the other hand had my sons call her Nana and Grandpa. > > Linda Borges Furtado Norton > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Karen Boggs > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 1:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Teaching Myself a Little > Portuguese....regarding the FURTADO Family. > > We called our great grandmother Vava and our great grandfather Voovoo don't > know why Voo Voo because looking it up it should have been Vavoo. Just one > of those nickname things I guess I nana, grams, granny for Grandma. > > On Jan 7, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Shirley Allegre wrote: > >> I remember people saying vavo (vavoo) for grandfather; >> and vava (vavaw) for grandmother. >> Shirley in CA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat McCoy" <[email protected]> >> To: "azores" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Pat McCoy" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 10:33 AM >> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Teaching Myself a Little > Portuguese....regarding the FURTADO Family. >> >> >> The book, "Portuguese Spinner", just arrived today and I got a better >> look at the photo of the FURTADO Family. >> >> According to Babelfish, the Portuguese word for grandmother is: Avo'. >> The caption of the photo on page 110 says: Vovo'. Babelfish could >> not help me translate Vovo'. >> >> Can someone clarify this for me? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> 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." >> >> -- >> 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." > > -- > 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." > > -- > 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." -- 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."
