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From: davidst@teklabs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Missing Words
Message-ID: <2435@teklabs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Sep-83 17:33:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 13 17:33:58 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Sep-83 07:13:10 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Can anyone replace the "?" with an appropriate English word?

Or a word from any of the European languages?

Or explain why we have these holes in our terminology?

	Collective	Individual
	Term		Term
	---------------	---------------------------------
	parents		mother, father
	siblings	sister, brother
	inlaws		mother-in-law, sister-in-law, etc.
	  ?		aunt, uncle
	grandparents	grandmother, grandfather
	  ?		niece, nephew	
	cousins		?, ?


Regards!

David D. Stubbs

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