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due to, because of, thanks to? Mon May 12, 2008 13:49 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

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Feel free to call me 'Amy', Molly. Nobody calls me 'auntie Amy' -- not even my nieces and nephews.
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due to, because of, thanks to? Mon May 12, 2008 14:51 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

Makes you feel old?
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due to, because of, thanks to? Mon May 12, 2008 21:30 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

No, Molly, 'auntie Amy' doesn't make me feel 'old'. It just sounds 'odd'.
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due to, because of, thanks to? Mon May 12, 2008 21:50 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

And yet, Auntie is used by millions of nephews and nieces world over. How odd can that be?
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 1:50 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

Hehe, one of the most interesting things of this site is that anything can be a sudden topic for discussing Razz 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 Razz

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 Razz (I think I am a lot affected by Oriental culture Razz) 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 Wink
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 3:55 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

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. Wink

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. Wink
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 8:10 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

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. Wink
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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. Laughing
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 12:21 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

haha, thank you all. you make me feel at home.
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 17:23 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

Molly wrote:
I might have to begin calling you Anti-Molly. Laughing
You can call me Amy.

Which part of that sentence do you find difficult to comprehend? Rolling Eyes
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 21:00 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

Don't worry, I'll call you Amy to your face. Razz
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due to, because of, thanks to? Tue May 13, 2008 23:33 pm  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

"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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due to, because of, thanks to? Wed May 14, 2008 0:19 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

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- I love you because of the way you roll your eyes when I speak.

Do you roll your *rse? Laughing
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due to, because of, thanks to? Wed May 14, 2008 0:21 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

ROFL

I'll keep silence on that one.
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due to, because of, thanks to? Wed May 14, 2008 0:52 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

Thou decideth well. Idea
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due to, because of, thanks to? Wed May 14, 2008 0:59 am  due to, because of, thanks to?
 

"Decideth"?

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