Language - Oma, Opa

Oma and Opa are Bavarian. I remember that from being in southern Germany in
1985.
Eric

Truhnmtruhn@aol.com schrieb:

Oma and Opa are Bavarian. I remember that from being in southern Germany in 1985.

Oma and Oma is all-German - I'm from Bremen in the far North.
And in Hessen, in the middle, it's usual as well. Etc.etc... :wink:

Truhnmtruhn@aol.com

Oma and Opa are Bavarian. I remember that from being in
southern Germany in 1985.
Eric

As others have said, those titles are typical in all of Germany.

I'm an Opa and my wife is Oma to all of our grandchildren. We've often
been approached by strangers in restaurants or other places where people
heard the words and recalled a time of their own childhood: "You must be
German..."
followed by some story of their past.

My parents were Oma and Opa to our children but I doubt that it will go
another
generation as both kids married native (American) spouses and that's usually
the end of
old-time customs and a carry-on of the language. None of my grandchildren
speak any
German despite the fact that my kids know how I would value that. It's just
not in the
cards unless both partners know the language. When I tried to teach the
grandchildren
some German, I'd get, "speak normal Opa".

My parents were Vati und Mutti to me. My wife called her parents Mama and
Papa.
So things are different here and there. Omi and Opi would be terms of
endearment
for Opa and Oma.

Fred