I've missed most of that (must catch up on back messages) but....
> I am curious about how many people on this list
> actually use the word
> Grandmother to refer to the mother of their father
> or mother.
Not me. "Gran" for the better liked, "grandma" for the other. My husband refered to "Gran" and "Nain" (having Welsh ancestry). Niece and nephew refer to "gran".
> I've onl ever seen it used, as such, in movies where
> the family is
> very formal with each other, with kids even calling
> their parents Mother and Father.
As a term of address or a title I'd agree, but I use it as a means of indicating a relationship: "My maternal grandmother..."
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