What does memere mean

I've always used it to mean grandma and grandpa. Is it insulting if pronounced the way it's spelled? Last edited: Dec 6, But I have just seen that it can be used for "granny" and French Canadian way of speaking can be very different from French from France so it might be usual for Canadian people and not insulting at all.

That being said I don't find that it sounds great, a bit "rural" to my ears even though I am "rural" myself. I too am French Canadian. In our family and other friends family it is a term of endearment. I am finally wearing my status very proudly. There is no one in our family or friends who consider it derogative, regardless of how the dictionary defines it.

Senior Member Bretagne, France. It can be insulting, or at the very least patronizing, in other regions, and even there if you are not referring to your grand-mother but to a presumably older woman.

Tess said:. Click to expand That's how my grandmother signs all her cards too, lol. I doubt she'd have us insult her willingly, she's one tough lady and takes nothing from no one! This was the first I ever heard of it being insulting, I'm going to have to ask her now! It was a term of endearment.

Born and raised in Southeastern Massachusetts. Two of my 4 grandparents were born in the province of Quebec. Now my nieces, nephews and my children call my parents by the same title. PLaCroix said:. Pharm5cs New Member PA. All of my grandparents were born in Quebec, Canada.

Everyone in our family always called them Memere and Pepere. In our family it's pronounced mem-may and pep-pay since little kids must have trouble pronouncing the "r". I never knew the words contained an "r" until I saw my mom write it on a card of some kind. It becomes quite offensive when you are not referring to someone specific.

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International Interest for Memere Interest is based how many people viewed this name from each country and is scaled based on the total views by each country so that large countries do not always show the most interest. Fun Facts about the name Memere How unique is the name Memere? Out of 6,, records in the U. Social Security Administration public data, the first name Memere was not present.

It is possible the name you are searching has less than five occurrences per year. Weird things about the name Memere: The name spelled backwards is Eremem.

A random rearrangement of the letters in the name anagram will give Meeemr. How do you pronounce that? Add Your Name. Year Name poster for Memere. Sources: U. Wiktionary: Titles and License.

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