This week's patron of the week is a man who approached the desk to say, "I have a question for you that you've probably never had before. My brother's daughter's step-daughter is graduating this year and I want to send her a card. How can I find out what my relationship is with her?" I.e., he wanted to sign the card "Love, Your [Relative] Bob," but didn't know what to fill in "[Relative]" with. A check of Merriam Webster for my hypothesis of "great uncle" led to the discovery that step-"granduncle" is technically correct.
Anyway, we had fun.
aw, nice!
ReplyDeleteA perfect question for a ref librarian!
ReplyDeleteif every ref trans were like that, we wouldn't appreciate them
ReplyDeletegranduncle sounds like carbuncle
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