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A comment on LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughter. Parent comment

Re:LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterO... by eterm on Friday September 22, 2023 @03:00AM (#37608799)
English has "Paternal grandmother" and "Maternal grandmother" for example, it's just not often used and isn't turned into a compound word.
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Re:LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterO... by eitland on Friday September 22, 2023 @11:18AM (#37613173)
But you wouldn't tell your kid: we are going to visit your paternal grandmother, right?

That is the distinction I tried to make above between academic and everyday language.

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