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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #157332 - 03/16/06 07:51 PM Re: Question for our card-carrying prescriptivists: Patallen stranger Registered: 03/16/06 Posts: 2 Loc: Wisconsin My fiance', a widow, is wondering if there is a word that refers to a deceased spouse's relatives? Greetings, and good evening all, My fiance's deceased husband's mother, lives with her, as she did while the husband/son was living. My fiance' feels uncomfortable introducing her as ,"My deceased husband's mother", which is exactally who she is, but my fiance' feels uncomfortable with that verbage. As she introduces me to her kid's relatives, she feels "odd, uneasy, or uncomfortable explaining to me that it is her (insert the missing term for deceased husband's relative, here). So does ANYBODY know if such a term, or reference exists? Top #157333 - 03/16/06 08:53 PM Re: Question for our card-carrying prescriptivists Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13655 Quote: … if 'then' is not a conjunction, then 1 implies a causal relation. --language user, but not prescriptivist I would say that the causal relation is implied only if it were "[If h]e did this, then he did that." The "then" is optional, thus "If he did this, he did that" would imply a causal relation but "he did this, then he did that" would not. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209788 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (Faldage, tsuwm), 40 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 58 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 49 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 Faldage 12 tsuwm 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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