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Rashin Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

looking for a word

Hi'
How does a native person say these occausions in English?
Here are the problems:
1.The chicken is cooked in hot boiling water, Poached??
2.when you and someone else have the same name. we are.......?
3.I have 4 aunts,two on father side/on behalf of father/two on mother side.

Thanks in advance
  

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1. If you boil the chicken, then you can call it "boiled chicken" 2. It doesn't work that way.

— Anonymous

  • 1.
  • If you boil the chicken, then you can call it "boiled chicken" 2.
  • It doesn't work that way.
  • You can say We have the same name.
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1. If you boil the chicken, then you can call it "boiled chicken" Emotion: smile

2. It doesn't work that way. You can say We have the sam
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Dear Beni,
Are you native?

#2, I know we have a special term for this but now I can't remember.

Thanks for kindness
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You're probably thinking of the word "namesake." But you are only someone's namesake if you were named for that person on purpose, not if you happen to meet a random stranger whose name is the same as yours.
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khoffif you were named for that person on purpose
That's one definition. But definition 2a here http://www.thefreedictionary.com/namesake is exactly what the OP is looking for.
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Thank you both.Helpful.
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'I have four aunts, two maternal aunts and two paternal aunts' is also OK.
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rashinDear Beni, Are you native?#2, I know we have a special term for this but now I can't remember. Thanks for kindness
No, I'm not.

As for the word namesake. Some people object to the usage mentioned above.
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