Re: Windows Rant

Res wrote:
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.



Also known as "nuclear family". As in the center of an atom . . . and
with the same consequences when you try and split one!


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