| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
Can someone out there tell me what a child calls their mother-in-law, in either Yiddish, Hebrew, or both? This is ultimately for a greeting card, and I understand that there is a commonly used term. Thanks in advance. --Gary
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| 316.1 | hey you! | MTBLUE::SPECTOR_DAVI | Thu Jun 04 1987 13:53 | 7 | |
re: .0 In Yiddish it is shviga. David | |||||
| 316.2 | There is an "R" sound in Yiddish | GRECO::FRYDMAN | Fri Jun 05 1987 00:16 | 11 | |
David gave it to you with a Boston accent. The correct word is:
shvigar
pronounced shVE gair
The are other expressions for mothers-in-law, but I'm certain you
only wanted those that were printable ;^}.
---Av
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| 316.3 | who's on first? | QUOKKA::SNYDER | Wherever you go, there you are | Fri Jun 05 1987 12:57 | 18 |
Excuse me, but I'm confused. Gary asked in .0:
> Can someone out there tell me what a child calls their mother-in-law,
^^^^^
The replies give the Yiddish term for mother-in-law. Is this
what was asked? Frankly, I don't understand the original
question.
We have child A with parents B and C. The question seems to ask
the name for A's mother-in-law (implying that the child is
married). Otherwise, it asks for the name that A would use to
address B or C's mother-in-law.
Is the answer still the same?
Sid
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