2011/6/21 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا < [email protected]>
> Apparently, the Chinese and East Asians have a similar usage: > > (A polite term of address for) a middle-aged or elderly man who may > or may not be a relative > http://www.singlishdictionary.com/singlish_U.htm COMMENT: This has now hit our T.V. Screens - shown in EastEnders - the girl calls her mother in-in-law to be Aunty! Incidentally the part is played by a Goan girl whose parents hailed from Nairobi, Kenya. Meryl Fernandes plays the part of Afia Khan. For a pic and more details please click on the link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters/afia-khan.shtml -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
