Mumzy's the word

Had a drink with a woman on Friday and learned that her grandchildren call her "Mumzy." According to her, it is a common nickname in England for a grandmother.

I did a Google search and found a boy rapper in England named Mumzy - a boy. On http://www.newparentsguide.com/ it was not listed at all. (Although it did list "Lola" as a grandmother nickname from the Phillipines, which I love!!)

Digging a little deeper, it turns out that there are lots of Mumzy's out there. Some in UK, some in India, some right here in USA. I doubted it a little as an "English" thing because I called my grandmother "Grandmom," which I understood to be an English tradition. She felt she was too young to be a "Granny." I didn't understand that when I was four, but now that I am two years away from how old she was when I was born - 42 - I totally get it. I'm surprised she didn't have me call her by her first name, Melva.