How Bumpy is your grandfather?
Interesting question about grandpaternal nicknames on Ask Metafilter today, from user 23skidoo:
Do you call your grandfather Bumpy?
How common is the title “Bumpy” for a grandfather? Like “Grampa Joe” or “Peepaw Frank”… do you say/understand the usage “Bumpy Jackson” for a grandfather? If so, where did you grow up?
Responses so far have folks who’ve never heard of it (I’m in that camp), folks who have, and folks who know some similar variation. I’ve done a little googling that suggests that (1) it’s not something restricted to some chance acquaintences of 23skidoo, and (2) there are probably a lot of other variations on this theme, e.g. “bumpa”.
Joel Said,
May 15, 2008 @ 7:04 am
I have heard Bumpa, but I forget where from. Maybe a family friend uses it, so my Dad now continually tells us when* we have kids they should call him Bumpa, or Peepaw, or some other crazy thing. The response: sure, Pepere. If HIS father was Pepere, so are you, old man.
* it’s not optional. They’re Catholics, you know.
It's Raining Florence Henderson Said,
May 22, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Never heard of it. I, myself, go by “Papa.”