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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! Raynbeaugirl #220228 02/13/15 01:41 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Not in English, but in Yiddish there is. It's machitunim, or a similar transliteration. The -ch- is pronounced as in Johann Sebastian Bach; the accent is on -TUN-, and the -im denotes plural (the relationship is commutative). Here's one expanded reference. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted my daughter's motherin-law Raynbeaugirl 02/12/15 11:26 PM Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! wofahulicodoc 02/13/15 01:41 AM Re: Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! LukeJavan8 02/13/15 04:43 PM Re: Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! Raynbeaugirl 03/23/15 01:53 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 787 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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