Nephews and nieces

[Kriton Kyrimis]

SIGVALD:

> Well, in Norwegian we will only adress uncles, grand uncles, etc. as
> "uncle". Just like HD&L adresses both Donald (=uncle) and Scrooge (=grand
> uncle) with uncle.

This is not the case in Greece (where there is no word for what I am to
my cousins' children, other than uncle), and apparently not in Duckburg,
where HD&L call lots of distant relations (Scrooge, Gladstone, even
Daisy!) uncle. Didn't we have a discussion on this subject a while ago,
about "uncle" also being used as a term of affection?

> And when it comes to Grandma Duck it's obvious that "grandma" is something
> everyone keeps calling her (even Gus, Daisy and Gyro).

My point, and I think Don's point in "A Little Something Special", or
wherever it was that the scene between Grandma Duck and the JW official
occurred, was that only a nit-picker would chastize HD&L for calling
Grandma Duck their grandmother instead of their great-grandmother.
Everyone might call her "grandmother", but HD&L are actually
entitled to do so!  (When I was little, I actually met one of my
great-grandmothers. She was introduced to me as "grandmother Helen",
and this is how I think of her to this day.)
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