Daisy's siblings

William call me BillClark hibill at twics.com
Thu Jun 22 17:26:44 CEST 1995


>> In Holland children sometimes also call *friends of their parents*
>>"uncle" or >>"aunt". Is that also a "habit" in other countries?
>
>Goes for Norway, too!
>

The same in Canada and the USA.  Also, in Japan, where I am currently
living, the words  used to refer to any middle aged man or women are forms
of "uncle" and "aunt".  These can be used even if you don't know the
people.  The words for older adults are forms of "grandfather"  and
"grandmother".  Maybe it is universal.

Bill





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