due to, because of, thanks to?

[Yankee]

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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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[Molly]

Makes you feel old?

[Yankee]

No, Molly, 'auntie Amy' doesn't make me feel 'old'. It just sounds 'odd'.
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[Molly]

And yet, Auntie is used by millions of nephews and nieces world over. How odd can that be?

[Nessie]

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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... something we never have again, I know... I guess I really really know..

Sorry seems to be the hardest word...

[Yankee]

[Molly]

[Vaok]

haha, thank you all. you make me feel at home.

[Yankee]

[Molly]

Don't worry, I'll call you Amy to your face.

[Prezbucky]

"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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Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee.

[Molly]

[Prezbucky]

ROFL

I'll keep silence on that one.
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Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee.

[Molly]

Thou decideth well.

[MrPedantic]

"Decideth"?

MrP