Re: Words for family groups
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 22, 1999, 18:56 |
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FFlores wrote:
> BTW how do you say "son or daughter" in a more neutral way
> in English? Offspring? <ugh!>
Child. We just live with the ambiguity of "young person" and
"offspring" (indeed, you can speak of "adult children")
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