Grandmary's Name

[amsinstl1]

I've always wondered how Grandmary got her name. It seems obvious enough; if her first name is Mary it would be something slightly different from Grandmother. I wonder if this was common practice during these times or if this was something to signify the close relationship between Samantha and Grandmary, since Grandmary helped raise her and was more of a mother figure. Any thoughts?

[StephanieS]

I always just thought it was another name for "grandmother"- like people say grandma, grammy, etc.

[Jeanette M.]

I've always thought that it was a child's mis-pronunciation of the French for Grandmother. It just sounds to me like something Grandmary would be sentimental about. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[vgdag94]

I always just thought her name was Mary and was her grandmother.

[sailorangel59]

According to page 5 in Samantha Saves the Day, the admiral refers to her as Mary. Assumption is that Mary is her first name.

I realize that this isn't the original question, but it seemed to come up later in the conversation. AS for Grandmary, maybe it is shortening the way we say Grandma (insert name of grandmother). Or maybe it is a name started when Samantha was younger and couldn't pronouce Grandmother Mary. Example: When I was younger I could say Borchard (my mothers, mom last name). So we called her Grandma B to keep it easier for me when I was younger.

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ July 22, 2006 03:40 AM: Message edited by: sailorangel59 ]</font>

[rachie421]

Originally posted by sailorangel59:
According to page 5 in Samantha Saves the Day, the admiral refers to her as Mary. Assumption is that Mary is her first name.

I realize that this isn't the original question, but it seemed to come up later in the conversation. AS for Grandmary, maybe it is shortening the way we say Grandma (insert name of grandmother). Or maybe it is a name started when Samantha was younger and couldn't pronouce Grandmother Mary. Example: When I was younger I could say Borchard (my mothers, mom last name). So we called her Grandma B to keep it easier for me when I was younger.

<font color="#33CCCC"><font size="1">[ July 22, 2006 03:40 AM: Message edited by: sailorangel59 ]</font></font>

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Exactly. Such as my ma's dad is called Grandpa Jack, never just Grandpa. Jack of course is his first name and it was done to differentiate between him and my other grandpa (although my other grandfather passed away over 15yrs ago, the nickname stuck).

[amsinstl1]

Originally posted by Kit 1934:
Isn?t it French for ?Grandmother??

That?s what I?ve always thought.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Grandmere (I'm missing an accent over the first e) is French for Grandmother; but I could see how that could have developed into Grandmary as it sounds sort of similar.

[AGgirl]

I always thought that is was just because she was Samantha's grandmother and her name was Mary. My grandmother's name is Mary, and we call her Grandmary.

[amandajg]

yeah, I think grandmary is because grandma mary is hard to pronounce... the syllables are too similar. grandmary makes more sense.

FYI grandmere (pronounced "gra-mahe") is french for grandmother, and grandmaman is french for grandma.