Sunday, January 11, 2009

Aunt: Defined

There are many names for the word Aunt in various languages. For example:

tetka (croatian)
moster (danish)
tatie (french)
tante (german)
doda (hebrew)
aintin (irish)
zia (italian)
amita (latin)
tia (spanish)

The dictionary defines the word Aunt as:

Noun:
    1. The sister of one's father or mother.
    2. The wife of one's uncle.
  1. Used as a form of address for an older woman, especially by children.

Shawn and Landon have their own term too... "Friend."

















3 comments:

beechmoma said...

How sweet Tearsa looks with the boys, and lucky they are to have her as their Aunt.

Anonymous said...

How sweet!! My kids love their Aunt Abbie... she's their aunt and friend as well!! Great pics as always!!

Liz said...

What cute pics!! Tearsa is such a wonderful auntie :-) You might not be a biological auntie but I can tell you that Delilah & I are just as lucky to have you as you are to have Tearsa. Delilah loves you Auntie Ashley!!