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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ILs use 'brother' and 'sister' instead of other appropriately gendered nouns. This is apparently a Detroit thing.[/quote] Wait, what? My dad's side of the family is from/still lives in Detroit and I have no idea what you're talking about. Can you give an example?[/quote] I wonder, too. Could it be related to unions or religion? [/quote] I have friends from Detroit who do the same thing. "Larlo, help brother find his teddy bear" and the like. It's to children about their siblings, not to any ol' person about someone else. [/quote] I grew up near East St. Louis. Black co-workers/fellow students would sometimes call me "sister." Not in a mean way. Maybe it's a black thing that spread in Detroit. My co-worker from Kentucky calls people "Sis."[/quote]
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