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  • noun US, dialect, southern US grandmother

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  • Any etymological speculation?

    February 5, 2015

  • I think it's from the Southern United States - Sheldon on Big Bang theory uses the term for his grandmother. 


    It may have come from  même and the French Canadian / Cajun  influence in the south.  Google translate lists même as an option for grandmother translating English to French.

    http://goo.gl/jA8a3n  - Google Translate

    .. but that would be speculating.

    February 6, 2015

  • It may have parallel roots to the Gothic 'merjan' - 'to proclaim', but I suspect that it is a false cognate.I declare!

    February 6, 2015