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erinegront   
26 Apr 2019
Language / Polish-American Grandma used to say this word! [18]

Bear with me, bc I know very little, if any at all of Polish, so i will type it the way I 'remember' her saying it. If my Grandma were alive today, she would be in her late 80's and both her parents from from Poland, so this maybe a word that she 'made up' or is no longer in use, but she used to call me her pŏŏtka, or pŏŏptka, or something along those lines, is what it sounded like to me. When i asked her what it meant, she would tell me it meant, 'doll' or 'baby doll' in Polish. Like a term of endearment Can anyone help? :) thanks a ton!!!
erinegront   
26 Apr 2019
Language / Polish-American Grandma used to say this word! [18]

@Rich Mazur
It still makes no sense to me....there was never any ridicule, or suffering, I never learned Polish or even tried to....most of the grandchildren/children in America have 'pet names' given to them by their family members,. I am not sure your ethnicity, and/or where you grew up, but in the US, this is not uncommon and no cause for harassment
erinegront   
26 Apr 2019
Language / Polish-American Grandma used to say this word! [18]

@Rich Mazur
my grandma was fluent in both English and Polish, thank you @mafketis Thank you, Geesh, I never thought a simple question would bring up so much hostility from someone! lol I didnt want to learn "Polish" at the time and wasnt trying to, but anyway, yes the double o thing, was to represent the sound I was trying to make oo as in boot, yes :) @DominicB This is Probably correct, as it was my great Grandparents who were born in Poland, which would have been around the early 1900's...I did read somewhere that province Silesia had a lot of German, Czech, and Polish heritage/influence, so could be they were from that area.

@mafketis @kaprys @DominicB @Jaskier thank you all so much for your help, info and guidance!!

@mafketis lol, my grandma always used to say that i had such a 'cute little dupek' as well, she used that as a slang for butt/booty lol who knows, my family obviously has a lot different cultural influences. Ill have to sign up for an ancestry.com account!