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By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

My Granddaughter: Infatuated

February 18, 2024

At this moment she is infatuated with Ajji and Abba (grandparents) She says Abba, Abba, Abba, or Ay-ah, Ay-ah, Ay-ah (her best effort at Ajji ) even though her mom shows her pictures of us. She insists she will either not eat breakfast or not get dressed until she sees us in a video call. It is fun and funny, for us anyway. We appreciate the obsession, since we know you’ll outgrow it.

She also just learned to say poop, because she was being asked about her diarrhea.

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If I may ask, what is the etymology of Abba and Ajji (and is it properly pronounced "Ah-Zhi" or "Ah-G" or something else)? My son, who has three sets of grandparents, has Granny, Grandma, and Bubbe, plus (respectively) Grandad, Grampa, and BG. "Bubbe" is Yiddish for grandmother. If I'm blessed to live long enough to have a grandchild, I'm torn between Grampa and Zayde (again, Yiddish).

Posted by: Robert E. MalchmanFebruary 18, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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The derivation is Marathi, the first language of my son-in-law's native Bombay

Posted by: Paul SchindlerFebruary 19, 2024 at 05:48 AM

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