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Re:Ineligible Bachelors: Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out by niyazpk on Monday April 06, 2009 @05:48AM (#548616)
"All my uncles(including my Dad)"

I think the statement is mathematically incorrect.

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Re:Ineligible Bachelors: Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out by qw on Monday April 06, 2009 @06:46AM (#548646)
Not necessarily. If his parents were brother and sister, his dad would also be his uncle.

But the OP most likely meant "All my uncles AND my dad"

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Re:Ineligible Bachelors: Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out by zaidf on Monday April 06, 2009 @08:07AM (#548710)
Heh. Nice catch.

The word "and" instead of "including" is more appropriate.

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Re:Ineligible Bachelors: Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out by colins_pride on Monday April 06, 2009 @08:09AM (#548712)
The term uncle means different things to people from different cultures
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