Re: Words for family groups

John Cowan wrote:

> FFlores scripsit:
>
> > BTW how do you say "son or daughter" in a more neutral way
> > in English? Offspring? <ugh!>
>
> "Child".  This relational sense can be applied even to adults, e.g.:
> "That man is the child of my friend."
Well, it *can* be, but I think it still carries a certain youthful
connotation with it.  If the gender were known, I think in almost
all cases I personally would say that rather than "child".  (I'd also not
use the prepositional phrase in that construction, prefering the
inflected "my friend's child/son/daughter" over it, but that's
a different story)

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