sweetie

"Sweetie" is a name that you can call someone. Here are some examples of who calls who "sweetie":

• Mothers can call their children "sweetie"
• A father can call his daughters "sweetie", but probably not his sons.
• Teachers might call their students "sweetie" if the students are very young, like 8 years old or lower.
• Some gay men call their friends and various other people "sweetie".
• Some older women call anyone younger than them "sweetie", even strangers.
• You can call your boyfriend or girlfriend, husband or wife "sweetie".

Granny

"Granny" is a name that people often use for a grandmother.

English speakers actually use lots of different names for their grandmothers, like

• "Granny"
• "Gran"
• "Grandma"
• "Gramma"
• "Nana"

(someone) had a stroke

A "stroke" is a health emergency that happens when blood doesn't reach part of a person's brain. When this happens to someone, you say that they "are having a stroke":

I think he's having a stroke! Someone call an ambulance!

Some people who have a stroke die from it. Others who survive have problems like paralysis (part of their body doesn't move anymore) and speech problems.