Image grabbed from this site Everyone has them. In our country, we have an extended family. So mere friends of our parents, we call them or refer to them as aunt and uncles. There doesn't need to a blood relation for us to call them aunt, auntie, uncle, tita or tito. When I was young, I was taught to regard elders with Uncle and Auntie, Tito or Tita, Ahia, Kuya, Ate, Achi. It was instilled in us that no matter the age - as long as they belong in the same generation - well, we need to call them such. My mom has cousins that are just a few years older than us. Heck, she has cousins that were only months older than us! Yet, we call them - Uncle - because they belong to the same generation of my mom. We were taught to regard them as such and since I was taught that, I practice that. I grew up with family members saying Achi this Ate this Ahia that Kuya that. Uncle this Tito this, Auntie that Tita that - I was very familiar...
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