tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post7430492888519570039..comments2024-03-28T07:36:52.789-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: Art and Play Date and ArtVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-85550163063873076212022-07-27T21:26:51.200-04:002022-07-27T21:26:51.200-04:00I remember reading Zola"s NANA about a prosti...I remember reading Zola"s NANA about a prostitute--perhaps that's the origin of the word? Or was it already in use.<br /><br />Around here lots of flks call their grandmothers MAMAW --which sounds to me a lot like the French MAMAN. I called one of my grandmothers Ba and the other Meemaw. My Meema is a variation of that.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-70085375253563204752022-07-27T17:27:34.760-04:002022-07-27T17:27:34.760-04:00I like the painting of the hippo, very nice. I al...I like the painting of the hippo, very nice. I also like the drawing she did of you – striking resemblance, no? I also saw that she calls you Meema, that’s sweet – I did not know that name for grandma.<br /> <br /> In France some people call their grandma “mamy” (and the grandpa is "papy")as they think by having an Anglophone sounds it is nicer I guess. But, I was horrified when I heard my sister-in-law asking her grandkids to call her “nana.” Maybe here it’s OK but in France it’s rather, let me say, pejorative. The word nana in France comes from the 19th century usage, the wife or concubine or a pimp. Now it sometimes means a “broad” in a vulgar way. It’s strange how words have different meaning in foreign languages. I saw someone in Nashville with a tee shirt saying “nana” – I hope they don’t travel to France ! They may get some proposals they did not expect...<br /><br /><br />Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-11045242327637654972022-07-27T09:32:17.464-04:002022-07-27T09:32:17.464-04:00A perfect summer day! A perfect summer day! Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com