On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:00:32 -0800 (PST) > TL <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I need to gather siblings above the node with focus. >> >> I assume this refers to the node's parent's siblings. Or perhaps we >> could just say the "node's aunts and uncles" :-) > > I believe Kent was aiming for what XPath describes as the node's > 'preceding-siblings' axis.
Sounds right. > > But perhaps you weren't really trying to clarify so much as just take the > opportunity to refer to "the "node's aunts and uncles" 8-) > > Hmm, what's the gender neutral form of aunt and uncle... Google doesn't > provide one (although other languages (French, Italian) seem to have gender > neutral plural terms for a group of aunts and uncles). But someone pointed > out that if your aunts and uncles are the parents of your first cousins, your > aunts and uncles must be your zeroeth cousins - works for me :-) > > Cheers -Terry > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
