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Aunty or Auntie?

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SwanSong30 · 07/11/2025 08:30

Are you an Aunty or an Auntie spelling person? It was Aunty in my household.

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SparklyCardigan · 07/11/2025 10:27

I'm an auntie, my aunties are aunties, my great-aunties were aunties.
I've never known anyone to write it as aunty where I'm from (Scotland).

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 07/11/2025 10:29

Auntie looks better imo.

But we just used people's names in our family!

NewJobProblem · 07/11/2025 10:32

I am both to different people - I just went with what they all wanted to use and it happened to be different choices. I don’t mind either, since it’s not actually my name but a title they choose to use for me.

NewJobProblem · 07/11/2025 10:34

DisplayPurposesOnly · 07/11/2025 08:51

Im having one of those 'I've looked at this word too much and now it's weird' moments.

Absolutely me too! It’s the a and u together that suddenly seems so weird!

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