Re:Calling Strangers Uncle and Auntie
by JKCalhoun on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @09:10AM
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I hear "cuz", not "Uncle/Auntie".
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Re:Calling Strangers Uncle and Auntie
by pasc1878 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @04:56PM
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Surely that is for people near your age not your parent's generation.
Re:Calling Strangers Uncle and Auntie
by JKCalhoun on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:01PM
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You're right — not something I have heard a boomer say.
Re:Calling Strangers Uncle and Auntie
by pasc1878 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @06:05PM
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I meant cuz is used for someone of the speaker's own age and not for a person of the speaker's parents age.
ie ants/Uncles are your parents siblings and cousins are ant/uncle's children so your own age.
But yes I agree boomers don't use it in any case.