Nobility of the Aged
I’ve decided that granduncle is one of the more unfortunately constructed words in the English language. It looks like it’s meant to be pronounced grun-DUNKLE, and intended to describe the least-bathed portion of a Viking’s anatomy. “I can smell Odin’s granduncle all the way from the twenty-first century.” Fin.
I’ve always called mine great-uncle, which likewise could be misheard as intending to describe the anatomy of Odin’s clan elders.
