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Even "Uncle". In english, Mom's brother and Dad's brother both are uncles ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
by robofanatic 3y ago
Even "Uncle". In english, Mom's brother and Dad's brother both are uncles ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- zarzavat 3y agoAlso mom's sister's husband and dad's sister's husband. You can have a mother-in-law, a brother-in-law, a son-in-law, but there's no such thing as an uncle-in-law.
- retsibsi 3y ago> Also mom's sister's husband and dad's sister's husband. I'm curious to know how common this is. It was always the norm for me, but sometimes I got the feeling I had accidentally mislead people when talking about my 'uncle' (Mum's sister's husband), whom they expected to be a blood relative of mine.
- Jiocus 3y agoLike others noted in the thread about grandparents, in Scandinavia we'd say morbror (mother-brother) and farbror (father-brother). What's fun though is that 'farbror' can also be used (in Swedish) for any neutral/kindly spirited or acquainted old man, so maybe we're not too practical after all.
- munificent 3y ago> What's fun though is that 'farbror' can also be used (in Swedish) for any neutral/kindly spirited or acquainted old man, so maybe we're not too practical after all. English has "avuncular" as an adjective to describe any friendly uncle-like person.
- robofanatic 3y agoIt's similar in most Indian languages. There are specific words for mom/dad side uncles and aunts. Also most of times same words are used for their friends or any known female/male that is around the same age group as mom/dad.