In Australia I have only heard / used the terms Great Aunt and Great Uncle also. My mother's great aunt would be referred to as my great great aunt.
Cheers, Jan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Naylor Sent: Monday, 31 July 2006 11:03:AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] English UK language issue On 30 Jul 2006 Jack Earnshaw wrote: > On the Family View tab, and elsewhere, the term "Granduncle" and > "Grandaunt". This is a term I've never heard used by anyone in the UK. > The term we use is "Great Uncle" and "Great Aunt". Is there a way to > alter this wording in the system? This was discussed when I did the language translations for the UK and Canada. I believed (and still do) that the terms Granduncle, Grandaunt, Grandniece and Grandnephew should be changed to Great- for the UK and Canadian English. Dave Berdan of Millennia believes that Grand- is the correct usage for these terms (which fits in with Grandmother, Grandfather, Grandson and Granddaughter) instead of Great- and that they shouldn't be changed to fit in with current usage. If Millennia can be convinced that it's best to have these terms as Great- then it's a simple matter to change them in the language files for these languages. Perhaps if you can find an authoritative source for the correct terms . . . Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28.07.2006 Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
