中国日报手机报读者广东茂名188*****565用户提问：
英文中的grandmother既指奶奶，又指外婆，那么如何区分奶奶和外婆、还有爷爷和外公？
中国日报外籍专家Anne回复：
It's confusing because "grandmother" and "grandfather" are general words that can refer to your mother's mother and father or your father's mother and father. If you want to refer to a specific grandparent, you can say "maternal grandmother" or "maternal grandfather" to refer to the mother's parents, or "paternal grandmother" or "paternal grandfather" to refer to the father's parents.
因为"grandmother"和"grandfather"是统称，既可指母亲的父母亲，也可指父亲的父母亲，所以容易混淆。如果你想特指一位(外)祖父母，你可以说"maternal grandmother"(外婆)或"maternal grandfather"(外公)指代母亲的父母，或者"paternal grandmother"(奶奶)或"paternal grandfather"(爷爷)指代父亲的父母。
Americans don't usually refer to their grandparents formally as "Grandmother" or "Grandfather." There are many different nicknames, with "Grandma" and "Grandpa" probably the most widely used. Other nicknames for grandmother include Granny, Grammy, Gran, Gram, Nana, Mimi and Memaw. Grandfathers are also called Granddad, Granddaddy, Gramps, Papa, Pop-Pop and Poppy.
美国人通常都不那么正式地称(外)祖父母为"Grandmother"或"Grandfather"。有许多昵称，其中"Grandma"和"Grandpa"可能是最广为使用的。(外)祖母的其它昵称有Granny、Grammy、Gran、Gram、Nana、Mimi和Memaw，(外)祖父还可称为Granddad、Granddaddy、Gramps、Papa、Pop-Pop和Poppy。
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