Re: Words for family groups
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 22, 1999, 22:05 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> 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".
Yeah, same here "That man is my friend's son", but that, for me, also
applies to children, "that boy is my friend's son" sounds a little
better than "that boy is my friend's child". But, in
non-gender-specific situations, "child" is definitely more common than
"offspring", it's "Adult Children of Alcoholics" not "Adult Offspring of
Alcoholics".
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