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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread my daughter's motherin-law #220226 02/12/2015 11:26 PM Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2 Cocoa FL Raynbeaugirl stranger Raynbeaugirl stranger Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2 Cocoa FL Does anyone know if there is a word, in English or any other language, to express the relationship between mothers-in-law other than saying, "she is my daughter's mother-in-law"? Seems like a simpler word or phrase would have been invented by now. Same for fathers-in-law. Happy Day! Linda Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! Raynbeaugirl #220228 02/13/2015 1:41 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 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 Re: Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! wofahulicodoc #220234 02/13/2015 4:43 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME raynbeaugirl. WAY TO GO, DOC: very impressive ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Aha! And in Spanish it's "consuegros"! wofahulicodoc #220629 03/23/2015 1:53 PM Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2 Cocoa FL Raynbeaugirl stranger Raynbeaugirl stranger Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2 Cocoa FL Thanks so much. I just knew there had to be a term out there. Happy Day! Linda Happy Day! Linda Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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