Names for 'the other granny'.

Petalmoore - it is not a Hebrew word but a Yiddish one and the word for the other granny is 'machatenista'. The word for the other grandparents (or just the in -laws) is 'machatenim'. We are best friends with my DiLs parents so this word is very good shorthand to explain who we are going out with. I believe that there is also a similar word in Greek.

ghastly mauve dress [gasp]

I am very fond of my DGD's other grandmother/DS's MIL/DDIL's mother

Thanks, Magsus - that's it! Do people use the word in English when talking about their machataynista - say, if they're telling their hairdresser about the ghastly mauve dress the lady wore to a wedding they all attended? I've always liked the idea of a specific word for someone with whom many people have a close relationship as part of an extended family, just as the words uncle, aunt, nephew, niece and so on are used. And what about 'other grandad' - is there a term for him too?

Petalmoore - I think the Yiddish word you're looking for may be "machataynista"!!.

We refer to our daughter-in-law's parents by their first names when talking about them, but when it's to our daughter-in-law, we say your mum and dad.

I use the name the children use when speaking with them, your Mum to her daughter and use her first name at all other times. If it's relevant i might add xyz's Mum as an explanation but often it's not needed.

DGC's other granny as well if we are talking about the DGC.

Yes, it is long-winded, it would be nice to have a specific name.

I see what you mean petalmoore as there doesn't seem to be a specific name for your 'counterpart' MIL/Granny.

I do what M0nica does - refer to DS's MIL by her 'grandmother' name when speaking to the DGC, 'your mum' to DDIL, 'DDIL's' mother if speaking to people who don't know her and by her first name otherwise.

Same with DD's MIL.

Ask your son?

Amnesia, because she seems to have forgotten she has three grandchildren and not just two! Fortunately DH and I have more than enough love for him to make up for the shortfall!

Try living next door to "The other gran"! Not always easy

DH calls our other gran That Woman.

Not if one of them is the mother of 'the Idiot'

kittylester Other gran is good; the opposition is not good.

Other gran? The opposition?

Magsus, you're right - Jewish grannies are often called Bubbe or similar, but I thought someone might know the word for what the other granny is to me, as in 'she's my ??????'.

I call my opposite numbers by their first names - no problem at all, and say 'your mum/dad' if I'm talking to my DIL and 'gramma/grandpa' to the grandchildren. What I meant to ask was whether any of you has a specific word to refer to either or both of them when talking to a third party, not a family member, for example when I was telling a friend about the 'other granny' being proud of her Norwegian ancestry. 'My daughter-in-law's mother' is quite long-winded. I once got in a muddle and found myself talking about my DIL's MIL, then realised I was talking about myself!

I use their first names.

What monica said except ours is nana/granny rather than Grandma A. I don't understand the difficulty!

To DGC: Grandma A, to DDiL: your mum/mother. To anybody who knows her: A, to others who do not know her; J/DDiL's mother.

I say Granny ____ whatever their name is.
My own Grandmothers were called Nanny Bridge St. or Nanny Ealing because that's where they lived.

Petalmoore do you mean Booba?

Same as ginny

Not in front of the GC I hasten to add.

I won't tell you what we call D's ex MiL