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John Heggie Inner circle Huntersville, NC 1805 Posts |
Which word is different from the rest and why?
mother uncle brother father cousin sister aunt |
Kevin Ridgeway V.I.P. Indianapolis, IN & Phoenix, AZ 1832 Posts |
Aunt...I'll let folks guess why and not post just yet.
Kev P.S. Notice my choice of words
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mgclmystrymn New user 76 Posts |
Aunt, different number of s*******s?
Bob |
stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
Since no two of the seven words are the same, I'd say each is
different from the rest. But I think you're looking for "cousin." I can give at least three reasons. Stan |
John Heggie Inner circle Huntersville, NC 1805 Posts |
Cousin is correct.
Why is it cousin? |
stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
It's the only word in the list which is epicene.
(...like my cousins' names: Alex, Chris, Daryl, Drew, Gerry, Jesse, Kelly, Pat, Sandy, Tony, and Terry.) |
John Heggie Inner circle Huntersville, NC 1805 Posts |
Correct.
Stanalger, nice job. |
stanalger Special user St. Louis, MO 998 Posts |
Another reason:
The relation "is a cousin of" is symmetric. If X is Y's cousin, then Y must be X's cousin. (If X is Y's father, Y can't be X's father. If X is Y's brother, Y isn't necessarily X's brother since Y might be X's sister.) But that's related to "cousin" being unisex, isn't it? |
John Heggie Inner circle Huntersville, NC 1805 Posts |
Quote:
On 2009-01-10 20:22, stanalger wrote: stanalger, Yes, the author's (Pat Battaglia) answer was that all except cousin are a single gender. Good job, John |
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