Who is your "uncle", "aunt"?

Saturday, April 30, 2016
 Sequel to a recent lesson, I said I was going to ask what is your idea of "uncle" and "aunt". Who is your "uncle" or "aunt"? Truth is that in Original English, that is Standard British English (SBE), your "uncle" is the younger brother of your father or mother. Similarly, your "aunt" is the younger sister of your father or mother. Hence, it is even a case of tautology to say "biological uncle/aunt".

 My point here is that, often times, we call every older person around us, "uncle", "aunt". In fact, children would rather call their teachers in school, "uncle", "aunt", and even the teachers are not saying anything about that. Please, an Englishman frowns at that! You now see?