What's the difference between auntie and aunty?

Auntie


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Aunty

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Songwriter Dan Bull urged BBC bosses in Dear Auntie (An Open Letter to the BBC) : "You need to appeal to the people that feel John Peel, and want to keep it real.
  • (2) Her auntie took care of us; she swiftly and strongly guided us back to the van where she was taken to the medics.
  • (3) The track I’d play at my auntie’s wedding Thelma Houston: You Used To Hold Me So Tight Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thelma’s got the funk!
  • (4) Chubby, bright-eyed babies were passed around and distant relatives traced out how they were connected (“I think the brother of your auntie’s husband was married to my cousin’s daughter”).
  • (5) It's alarming to see the Financial Times leader this week join in with gusto: "It's time to chop up Auntie," it began.
  • (6) My auntie, who is white, says: ‘They would not do it to their own.’” Yet Jay’s report cast doubt on the idea that perpetrators attacked only white girls.
  • (7) I wouldn’t see my friends again, or my auntie and cousins, who are my family.
  • (8) My auntie Nora combined gambling on the Irish sweepstakes with teaching me my catechism for my first Holy Communion.
  • (9) I wouldn't have minded, but my Auntie Pat had written the exact same thing underneath it three hours earlier.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Aunty Dolly Jerome calling for justice for the Bowraville child murder victims during a march on NSW Parliament House.
  • (11) With bands such as the Banshees and the Bunnymen opting for lavish orchestrations, Bush now seemed less like a throwback to pre-punk times and more like a sort of posh auntie to the goths.
  • (12) There are a Christian couple who Nazrin Wilkinson, the NHA local campaign manager, said "are lovely: they're like your auntie and uncle".
  • (13) I know someone who remembers a scene from his childhood when everybody went to his auntie’s house when he was about eight years old.
  • (14) You know this Auntie will miss you.” Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 Jorge-Reyes worked as a supervisor at the Gucci store in Orlando.
  • (15) If she does have any moments of weakness now, there’s always Auntie Sarah Millican to call upon.
  • (16) Then 16 more people, including dear Aunty, became ill and, when tested, were confirmed Ebola positive.
  • (17) Although it did pop up again off-Broadway, on ABC2, as rolling news of the prime minister’s demise took over Aunty’s main channel for the night.
  • (18) David Cameron's mother signs petition against cuts to children's services Read more But Mary Cameron’s protest – her sister, Cameron’s Auntie Clare has also publicly declared the cuts to be a “ great, great error ” – symbolises something much more significant: that there is now almost open revolt against local government cuts among Tory councils, and increasingly, Tory MPs, particularly in rural areas.
  • (19) She was coming from Nigeria to stay with an “auntie” – actually a family friend.
  • (20) From 1 October, the surviving spouse will receive the whole lot, and parents and long-lost aunties won’t see a penny.

Aunty


Definition:

  • (n.) A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Songwriter Dan Bull urged BBC bosses in Dear Auntie (An Open Letter to the BBC) : "You need to appeal to the people that feel John Peel, and want to keep it real.
  • (2) Her auntie took care of us; she swiftly and strongly guided us back to the van where she was taken to the medics.
  • (3) The track I’d play at my auntie’s wedding Thelma Houston: You Used To Hold Me So Tight Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thelma’s got the funk!
  • (4) Chubby, bright-eyed babies were passed around and distant relatives traced out how they were connected (“I think the brother of your auntie’s husband was married to my cousin’s daughter”).
  • (5) It's alarming to see the Financial Times leader this week join in with gusto: "It's time to chop up Auntie," it began.
  • (6) My auntie, who is white, says: ‘They would not do it to their own.’” Yet Jay’s report cast doubt on the idea that perpetrators attacked only white girls.
  • (7) I wouldn’t see my friends again, or my auntie and cousins, who are my family.
  • (8) My auntie Nora combined gambling on the Irish sweepstakes with teaching me my catechism for my first Holy Communion.
  • (9) I wouldn't have minded, but my Auntie Pat had written the exact same thing underneath it three hours earlier.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Aunty Dolly Jerome calling for justice for the Bowraville child murder victims during a march on NSW Parliament House.
  • (11) With bands such as the Banshees and the Bunnymen opting for lavish orchestrations, Bush now seemed less like a throwback to pre-punk times and more like a sort of posh auntie to the goths.
  • (12) There are a Christian couple who Nazrin Wilkinson, the NHA local campaign manager, said "are lovely: they're like your auntie and uncle".
  • (13) I know someone who remembers a scene from his childhood when everybody went to his auntie’s house when he was about eight years old.
  • (14) You know this Auntie will miss you.” Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 Jorge-Reyes worked as a supervisor at the Gucci store in Orlando.
  • (15) If she does have any moments of weakness now, there’s always Auntie Sarah Millican to call upon.
  • (16) Then 16 more people, including dear Aunty, became ill and, when tested, were confirmed Ebola positive.
  • (17) Although it did pop up again off-Broadway, on ABC2, as rolling news of the prime minister’s demise took over Aunty’s main channel for the night.
  • (18) David Cameron's mother signs petition against cuts to children's services Read more But Mary Cameron’s protest – her sister, Cameron’s Auntie Clare has also publicly declared the cuts to be a “ great, great error ” – symbolises something much more significant: that there is now almost open revolt against local government cuts among Tory councils, and increasingly, Tory MPs, particularly in rural areas.
  • (19) She was coming from Nigeria to stay with an “auntie” – actually a family friend.
  • (20) From 1 October, the surviving spouse will receive the whole lot, and parents and long-lost aunties won’t see a penny.

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