My sister's friend's mother's grandfather's brother's grandson's uncle's fish is dead.
"My sister's friend's mother's grandfather's brother's grandson's uncle's fish is dead. It was really tragic"
1. How would you say it shorter??
2. Did you understand who is this? Honestly I don't understand whose fish is dead ))))))
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My sister's friend's mother's grandfather's brother's grandson's uncle's fish is dead.
My sister's friend's mother's grandfather's brother's grandson's uncle's fish is dead. It is really tragic.
1. How would you say it shorter??
2. Did you understand who it is? Honestly I don't understand whose fish is dead ))))))
1. You could say, "My sister's friend's second cousin twice removed's fish is dead." However, the shorter away does not give all the same information that is included in the longer way. Specifically, using the shorter way, we don't know the sex of anyone other than the "sister."
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OK, I accept this riddle. First, the "grandfather's brother's grandson" just means "cousin," which makes it a lot clearer. "mother's cousin's uncle" could be, under varying circumstances, "mother's uncle," "mother's father," or someone not really related to "mother." To simplify matters, let's take the second position, which leaves us with my "sister's friend's grandfather," whose loss of a fish, though sad, is not really important enough to worry about....
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kevinzim, I didn't know that fish has human relatives)) interesting to know how do they look?)))
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моего родственника рыбы
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" .....I will not be able to send flowers to the funeral." - that's funny))))))))
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