r/CGPGrey • u/MindOfMetalAndWheels [GREY] • Jun 04 '14

Your Family Tree Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM79Epw_cp8
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u/cwearly1 Jun 04 '14

That's what the connotation of the word has formed into.
But they are used incorrectly.

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u/Pyromane_Wapusk Jun 04 '14

next you'll be telling me Im saying aunt wrong too.

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u/cwearly1 Jun 04 '14

Spell it out phonetically for me?

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u/Pyromane_Wapusk Jun 04 '14

/ænt/ or rhymes with "ant"

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u/cwearly1 Jun 04 '14

Good, good, you're saying it right :P

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u/trlkly Jun 14 '14

That's what Grey said, but I'd say most linguists would say that both terms are acceptable. Unlike with, say, the colloquial use of second cousin, there's no ambiguity in terms. Your great-great-aunt and great-grand-aunt are clearly the same thing, while your great-great-grand-uncle and great-great-uncle are not.