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What words do people around here use for ‘grandmother’?

GRANDMA 22
GRAMMA 11
NANA 11
GRANNY 6
GRAM 2
GRAMMY 2
GRAN 2
G’MA 1
G-MA 1
GRAMS 1
GRANDMAMA 1
GRANDMOTHER 1
GRANMA 1
I USED GRANMA HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REGION SAYS 1
MAMI 1
MIMI 1
NANNA 1
NANNY 1
NONNIE 1

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