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    Darchei Noam
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    Is there an English equivelent of the term “mechuten”/”machetainesta”? (i.e. father/mother of your child’s spouse)

    Shver/Shvigger – Father/Mother-in-law

    What are the terms for son/daughter-in-law?

    Brother/sister-in-law?

    What else am I missing?

    #699590
    Pashuteh Yid
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    My mother always thought my 2-year-old daughter thought she owned the world, so she starting calling her the Machatainista.

    #699591
    dunno
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    Aidim is something…just not sure what 🙂

    #699592
    Pashuteh Yid
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    BTW, in Yeshivish, it is proper to say Shmerel is an Uncle by Berel.

    #699593
    volvie
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    Uncle – Feter

    Aunt – Tante

    #699594
    smartcookie
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    Son in law- eidem

    Daughter in law- shneer

    FIL- shver

    MIL- shvigger

    Bro in law- shvugger

    Sis in law- shvegerin

    Btw I charge per hour.

    #699595
    hello99
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    smartcookie: you must be chassidesh. We Litvacks pronounce Sis-IL shnur.

    In EY (and I gather Hungary)an aunt is a muma

    #699596
    volvie
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    In Hungarian an Uncle is Batchi. As in Dezei Batchi.

    #699597
    smartcookie
    Member

    Hello99- Yes I’m Chassidish, and all litvaks I know, never heard of the yiddish word for daughter in law, let alone pronounce it!

    #699598
    lesschumras
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    Modern Yeshivish – Learns in Kolel full-time but wants a

    Lexus, a house i Lakewood and Florida vacations

    #699599
    WIY
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    Volvie

    I’m opening a thread on Hungarian.

    #699600

    We Litvacks pronounce Sis-IL shnur. SIL = shvegerin however the Litvaks pronounce it

    shnur = DIL

    #699601
    minyan gal
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    My father’s family is definitely not Hungarian but from Poland and they called their aunts mooma. My mother’s family from Russia called their aunts chicha.

    #699602
    The chamelon
    Member

    DrrcheiNoam:

    Why should there be a Goyish Term for Mechutan “spouse’s parents”

    Susch relationship dpes not exist in their culture.

    are you askink about yinglish “Judeo-English”? You have Mechutan.

    #699603
    d a
    Member

    …Its called Yeshivish Reid Yeshiveish Shprach

    Yeshiveishe Reid Yeshivish Shprach

    #699604
    The chamelon
    Member

    I hereby nominate d a as poet laureate of the CR

    #699605
    aimhabonim
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    Uh, “d a”,please let’s not plagiarize. Your post should be italicized and attributed to R’ Abie Rottenberg,who has written many wonderful songs…

    #699606
    WIY
    Member

    D a likely assumed we all knew it was a song give him a break!

    #699607
    Homeowner
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    Chol Hamoed Guest,

    You said, “Why should there be a Goyish Term for mechutan ‘spouse’s parents’? Such relationship dpes not exist in their culture.”

    I don’t understand your question.

    “Mechutan” is not your spouse’s parents. The term for THAT is your “in-laws.”

    Your “mechutanim,” however, are the parents of your child’s spouse.

    There indeed is no term for that in “goyish culture.”

    Incidentally, I found this great website with all sorts of explanations of goyish words I wanted to share with you:

    http://www.m-w.com

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