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Best constant in all of iOS! (developer.apple.com)

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Part of the contact management framework. The label for the contact’s mother’s sibling’s younger son or father’s sister’s younger son.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

China, at least. Lots of distinction between mother side and father side. Grandma can be 老老 laolao (mother's mother) or 奶奶 nainai (father's mother), for example.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

*姥姥

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks for correcting. Pleco confirmed the one I wrote, but this is the one I learnt and actually wanted to write!