Re: Kinship terminology

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Ah, well, there's a lot about English family terms that I don't
> like, like the way that "uncle" and "aunt" can be used for parent's
> sibling or parent's sibling's spouse. I've always felt that their
> should be different terms, after all, your brother's wife isn't your
> sister, but your sister-in-law, so why should your uncle's wife be the
> same as aunt?
I suppose the terms just reflect our culture. The way in which we relate
to our parent's siblings is pretty much identical to the way in which we
relate to our parent's sibling's spouses (=spice?), but differs from the
way we relate to our cousins, grandparents, parents, siblings,
you-name-it. So the terminology reflects this.

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