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Webster's Collegiate dictionary shows "avuncular" as originating from the Latin for maternal uncle, so I'll agree with tswum. But the pronounciation of materteral is a little daunting to consider the word for everyday use ;o)
see: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?avuncular
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted avuncular pieman 05/01/00 02:12 PM Re: avuncular tsuwm 05/01/00 02:33 PM Re: avuncular pieman 05/14/00 04:14 AM Re: avuncular David108 05/14/00 06:43 PM Re: avuncular tsuwm 05/14/00 06:48 PM Re: materteral paulb 05/15/00 11:25 AM Re: materteral pieman 05/15/00 05:56 PM Re: materteral tsuwm 05/15/00 06:12 PM Re: materteral paulb 05/16/00 12:16 PM Now there's a redundancy...? shanks 05/16/00 01:14 PM Re: Now there's a redundancy...? paulb 05/17/00 11:54 AM
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