Lydia Ko

Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

New Zealander Athlete

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

My uncles are always busy away acting, so I barely even see them much at all, but I always know that they are so supportive. Anytime I do see them, they always check up on it and make sure everything's okay and let me know that they're there for me.

English Actor

Audra McDonald

Maybe it's because my uncle and my parents were always very involved with the civil rights movement, so I just grew up and I was raised that you have to speak out and look out for your fellow man, woman, and child.

American Actress

James Bay

There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?

British Musician

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.

Irish Playwright

Mariano Rivera

My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.

Panamanian Athlete

Laurence Fox

I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle, and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

Timothee Chalamet

I feel like I've been around performance my whole life. My mom and uncle had done plays.

American Actor

Omari Hardwick

There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.

will.i.am

American Musician

Use 'uncle' to refer to a close family relation, specifically your parent's brother or aunt's husband.

Family Relations

'Great uncle' refers to your grandparents' brothers; they're part of your extended family.

Extended Family

Use 'uncle' for a non-relative who offers guidance, resembling a familial bond.

Mentorship Role

'Uncle' can express a strong emotional connection to an older mentor.

Emotional Connection

'Uncle' as a pawnbroker is old-fashioned; know the context to avoid confusion.

Historical Usage

The pawnbroker meaning of 'uncle' is seldom used in American English.

Not in America

Use 'uncle' to address an older man respectfully, often in South and Eastern Asia.

Respectful Address

Calling someone 'uncle' can show politeness and respect in certain cultures.

Formal Address

In games, 'playing the uncle' means acting as the victim or the easy target.

Game Play Role

'Uncle' can represent someone who easily gives in to others' demands.

Metaphor for Weakness

 because he wanted my dad to be a lawyer. And that's why I wanted to be a lawyer. I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family. People think that bandits don't have values. But my dad and uncle did. They have honor. Violence was the last step to resolve the problems,

The Rise of the Cali...

 but at age two was kidnapped to be raised by his uncle instead. His parents didn't seem to mind. Tycho was supposed to have a career in law, but after witnessing a solar eclipse at thirteen, he began spending more time with mathematics and science professors,

Tycho Brahe, the...

 pack must search hundreds of square kilometers if it's to be successful and success means raising the next generation to do that here the Wolves must work together so the young are raised not only by their parents but by their aunts and uncles as well

Best Scenes From The...

 but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever. So he is banking on the fact that he taught you everything you need to know about riddles. Your uncle left the following note in his "I have created a puzzle.

Can you solve the locker...

 started early thanks to hours sitting around the dinner table lifting my dad and uncles banter about literally changing the world around them I grew up believing that engineers and

Building bridges and...

 next generation to do that here the wolves must work together so the young are raised not only by their parents but by their aunts and uncles as well

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 groups and like our families they live love and learn surrounded by others so the keepers become mum dad auntie uncle and most important friends

Feeding Baby Orphaned...

 and he did not talk about it. And it scares me. We live in a world right now where a dictator can be praised for executing his uncle,

What I learned about...

 together so the young are raised not only by their parents but by their aunts and uncles as well

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 So, the young are raised not only by their parents but by their aunts and uncles as well.

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