Windows Rant

[Res]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:


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> language. In Dutch we have two words:
> "gezin" = the small family group that you live with in the same house
> "familie" = the group of all your relatives
>
> In English they both translate to 'family'. It seems that the English
>
> I think that this is the most important cause of the current confusion.
> What I intended to say was, quality time with my wife (=my family,
> "gezin" in Dutch) is more important than fixing the computer of the
> husband of my sister (= also family).
>

"immediate family" (husband/wife/mother/father/brother/sister) is what 
it's called here, some friends in England also refer to it as same.


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Res

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