Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2001, 2:07 |
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Aquamarine Demon wrote:
> >So what? Most English speakers don't instinctively know what great
> >uncle means, or third cousin twice removed.
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> (snip)
>
> I know the first one!!! A great-uncle is your grandma/grandpa's
> brother or brother in law.... you're right about the second, though.
Third cousin twice removed is the grandchild of your third cousin OR the
third cousin of your grandparent. Third cousin shares one pair of
great-great-grandparents.
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