Spelling "aunt" in Polish

I've always known my grandparents as Babcia and Dziadziu.

I am here to tell you that Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grade School and High School in Wyandotte, Michigan are still very much alive and well and offer a complete 12 year education.

I read this thread with interest. I have come to the conclusion that it had to do in what region you were in.My Folks came from Galicia (Mala Polska), All the I ever knew was Dzidzu and Busia. I called my Grandfather Gigi& my Grandmother Busia.

She refered to me as her maly Nunczek. What the hell ever a Nunczek is. It must have meant well for I was her favorite. I also heard of Basia used a lot.

Funny. I come from the area and I never heard those used in my family :)

Darius; I am just guessing. Actually I realy dont know. But I am first generation Polish American.. This is all that we used.I repeat,It was just a guess

I didn't mean my post to be an argument against yours. There can be quite large linguistic variations on relatively small areas.

As my dad used to joke, my mom came from a different civilization - her village was located across the river, 2 miles from his :)

DARIUS;
When my Father was still alive. He would tell me stories about his homeland.. I know all that I need to know about his life in Poland. But there are still unanswered questions.I looked at a map of his villiage.(Drzewdzuwka) and tried to relate some of the stories that he told me.. Thank God for the Internet. I learned a lot. It's nice to meet you. Are you in Toronto?

I’m also from Galicia. First time I heard of (Busia) was when I visited U.S. The old timers (by that I mean 2nd 3rd 4th generation Poles) use that in their speech. Yes a lot of them were from that region of Poland, but it seems to apply only to the families where Polish was a second language used at home or not spoken at all. Since enough people use it I guess it makes it a word. Personally I think it’s cute and it emphasizes their heritage. This is something to be proud of not frowned upon.


Franek it’s “Wnuczek” not “Nuczek” but close enough and it means grandson.

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Well I"ll be darned.( wnuczek) after all of these years I finally found out what that means. Thanks who ever you are. LUV you.. OH OH that is if you are a female. If you are a male (Thanks)

Nice to meet you Frank.
I live just over an hour from downtown Toronto, about 15 minutes from Niagara Falls.

Not really... I am from Poland and this is first time I hear about. We never used “busia”

I knew my granparents as Busia and DziaDzia. Grew up in Toledo, Ohio.

O.K. "Busia" is short for "Bogumiła".

Actually, Busia is a quite common term used for grandma by polish immigrants in the Michigan area. My family came over from Poland in 1902 and everyone in my family as well as most people in our polish community use "Busia" to refer to grandma. Just my 2-cents.

not busia, but basia i think:/

Hey Wyandotte guy,

I am actually from Wyandotte too. My parents graduated from Mt. Carmel and my cousin is the curent priest at Mt. Carmel and I am pretty sure that the school is still open. I know there is talk of it closing due to the Catholic school consolidation effort, but as far as I know, it is actually still open. Although, the facilities are pretty old and run down and in need of repair and the current student head count is very low.

dtaylor:

You might be right, I cannot really speak polish except for a few words that my grandparents taught me, so I am not an expert on the subject. However, I have always heard it pronounced "Boo-sha" and I have always seen it spelled on birhtday cards by my parents, aunts and unlces as "Busia". Again, I am not an expert, I am just going by what I have seen and heard in my family and community.

I think Basia is short / pet name for Barbara...

It is indeed :)

Woo - hoo! one for me!

Well done ;)

I'm commenting on Busia pronounced (Boosha), I'm 46, grew up in Cicero west side of Chicago. We allways called our grandmothers Busia. Allot of people do in the Chicago area. Thats the way it is.

I think you are referring to polish-americans that do not speak polish who call their grandmothers "Busia". I believe Busia started from babusia, and it got shorted by those that always complain about Polish being difficult to pronounce.

Poles that speak polish, call grandma "babcia".

My Busia was from Poland and spoke broken english she had 5 children and 18 grand children, I never heard another polish name for grandma until I left the Chicago area, she accepted Busia, so did the whole family, I never heard anyone complain about the language. Until now

I know the spelling on this is going to be wrong, and I'm spelling it phonetically, but I always called my grandfather Djaju.

That is how I called my grandparents. I never could remember how to spell "Dziadziu" properly. I kept spelling it Djaju, and only with the "D" because I remember being shown how to spell it when I was young.

I grew up on the south side of Chicago, and everyone I know used Busia when referring to their grandmothers. Maybe it's a midwestern thing!

I call my Grabdmother, Babcia and Grandfather Dziadzio and aunt chocia (not sure the correct spelling)

Hey Wyandotte guy! I'm actually from Taylor and celebrated my cousin's wedding at Mount Carmel yesterday! I to am Polish and we've always called our grandma "Busia"

I am from northern northern northern Nj, put my polish family is in Goshen/Pine Island area. And i call my grandmas Babcia and my grandpas (not sure how to spelll) Dziadzi (ga-gee).

I am from Poland (born and raised) and I never hear Busia until now. We always called Grandma Babcia and Grandpa Dziadek or Dziadzia. Busia must be an Polish-American word because I've never heard it in Poland (even kids didn't use it). Just my 2cents

Kasia

Our Lady of Mt Carmel in Kulpmont?

I have always called my grandparents Busia and Dziadzia; I have also heard the pronounciation Booshie; I am not sre of the spelling though.