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adpads · 02-06-2006, 10:29 PM

Hi:

Like you say, these translate as "auntie Piri" and "uncle Marci." They are very informal - the names are in a shortened (familiar) form, and the expressions 'auntie' and 'uncle' might be used in a neighborly way to denote people who aren't literally related to the speaker, like family friends, the lady at the greengrocers' on the corner, etc.

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adpads Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Budapest, Boulder, elsewhere Posts: 9 adpads is an unknown character at this point	Hi: Like you say, these translate as "auntie Piri" and "uncle Marci." They are very informal - the names are in a shortened (familiar) form, and the expressions 'auntie' and 'uncle' might be used in a neighborly way to denote people who aren't literally related to the speaker, like family friends, the lady at the greengrocers' on the corner, etc. a Last edited by adpads; 02-06-2006 at 10:56 PM.
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