[PW] Re: ? another name for mother-in-law

[Sylvia Milne]

Well, strictly speaking, it means a Godparent, but its origin is  "godsib", 
related through God.
"This is Ruth, my gossip".

Sylvia Milne

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Barna" <mbarna at albright.org>
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Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:12 PM
Subject: [PW] ? another name for mother-in-law


> Ok, trying this again:
> This is a real Friday afternoon question. I have a friend who is very
> close to her daughter's mother-in-law.  The two mothers have trouble
> explaining who the other is, when doing introductions. "This is Ruth, my
> daughter's mother-in-law." Sounds odd, like my brother's cousin's son.
> It's even harder for me, " This is Ruth, Linda's daughter's
> mother-in-law."  Is there another name for mother-in-law?  Something
> shorter?  If I just said "This is Ruth." , I would still have to explain
> the connection in even more words.
>
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