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Molly
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| Mon May 12, 2008 21:30 pm due to, because of, thanks to? |
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No, Molly, 'auntie Amy' doesn't make me feel 'old'. It just sounds 'odd'.
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| Mon May 12, 2008 21:50 pm due to, because of, thanks to? |
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| And yet, Auntie is used by millions of nephews and nieces world over. How odd can that be? |
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| Tue May 13, 2008 1:50 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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Hehe, one of the most interesting things of this site is that anything can be a sudden topic for discussing  This thread is for the matter of "due to", "because of" and "thanks to", now it changes into a debate over whether "auntie" is odd or not
I think people in different parts of the world have very different preferences about addressing. For example, in my country, one can never call a person older than them plainly by their name (without auntie, uncle, brother, sister,...) but of course, to Western culture it is quite all right to do so.
Dear Amy, I'd love to call you "Auntie Amy" because it somehow makes me feel intimate and interested (I think I am a lot affected by Oriental culture ) But of course, if you find it odd to be called that way, I'll just call you as I always do: "Amy" It's simple but "near and dear" enough  |
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| Tue May 13, 2008 3:55 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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| Molly wrote: | | Yankee wrote: | No, Molly, 'auntie Amy' doesn't make me feel 'old'. It just sounds 'odd'.
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And yet, Auntie is used by millions of nephews and nieces world over. How odd can that be? |
You're not my niece or nephew and as far as I know, neither is anyone else on this site.
My real nieces and nephews call me 'Aunt Amy'. One of them sometimes uses the word "Tante" -- but that's only because I lived in Germany for so many years. She once asked me what the German word for 'aunt' was and since then she sometimes uses 'Tante' as her own special term of endearment for me.
Generally speaking, however, it is considered polite and proper to call someone by the name they indicate you should use. You can call me Amy.
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| Tue May 13, 2008 8:10 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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| Yankee wrote: | Generally speaking, however, it is considered polite and proper to call someone by the name they indicate you should use. You can call me Amy.
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Hey, chill. I wasn't the one who first called you Auntie Amy. Take it up with Ralf if it miffs you so:
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Listen to uncle Jamie, auntie Amy and grandpa Alan. That'll help you more than any numb, dumb and deaf corpus. If you should however feel like learning a computer language, learn the rules by heart. |
I might have to begin calling you Anti-Molly.  |
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| Tue May 13, 2008 12:21 pm due to, because of, thanks to? |
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| haha, thank you all. you make me feel at home. |
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| Tue May 13, 2008 21:00 pm due to, because of, thanks to? |
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| Don't worry, I'll call you Amy to your face. |
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| Tue May 13, 2008 23:33 pm due to, because of, thanks to? |
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"Due to" gets my vote as well.
Where "because of" and "thanks to" might work:
- I love you because of the way you roll your eyes when I speak.
- Thanks to you, my feet itch. |
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| Wed May 14, 2008 0:19 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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| Quote: | | - I love you because of the way you roll your eyes when I speak. |
Do you roll your *rse? |
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| Wed May 14, 2008 0:21 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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ROFL
I'll keep silence on that one. |
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| Wed May 14, 2008 0:52 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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Thou decideth well.  |
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| Wed May 14, 2008 0:59 am due to, because of, thanks to? |
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"Decideth"?
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