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

[Nina Gilbert]

Mary B. asks how to say "daughter's mother-in-law."

There are a few words that I know in other languages, but not in English.  I don't think there's an English word, but in Yiddish, your kid's mother-in-law is your machatayniste, where "ch" is pronounced as in the composer "Bach," and "tay" is as in the English word "stay."  Accent on mach-ah-TAY-nis-teh.

Your kid's family-in-law are your "machatunim," I think.  (Accent on "tun," where the vowel is the same as in the English word "put.")

I realize that if you say, "This is Ruth, my machatayniste," you probably need more words to explain that-all too, until enough people learn that word.

Oy,

Nina Gilbert
 
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