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		throwaway290 on Sept 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDa... Will you be satisfied if your brother or sister were only describable as "sibling"? Would it roll off your tongue? Similarly in many languages using the wildcard equivalent to mean something more specific is unnatural.

afiori on Sept 22, 2023 [–]

I do not undestand how this relates to my comment... I only said that if you wanted to precisely localize mormor to english you could.

throwaway290 on Sept 23, 2023 | [–]

Ok, I thought you were against having capabilities for supporting mormor as a dedicated word in software (like in the topic post)

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