Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin
| From: | Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2001, 0:29 |
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>So what? Most English speakers don't instinctively know what great
>uncle means, or third cousin twice removed.
(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.
The Aquamarine Demon
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