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L O W L A N D S - L - 28 August 2008 - Volume 01<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">E Zinsser</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:ezinsser@icon.co.za">ezinsser@icon.co.za</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]</span><br>
<br>
Hi all and especially Jenny Kool! <br>
<br>
In Afrikaans it's been traditional (but going out of fashion) to
use 'swaer' (female: 'skoonsuster') for anybody who is deemed
'aangetroude familie', including a sister's husband's brother or
a brother's wife's brother.<br>
<br>
I personally do not use these forms but for my sisters' husbands (i.e.
brothers-in-law).<br>
<br>
Interestingly 'swaer' is nowadays used in many other South African languages to
mean 'bro', or 'dude'. <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Elsie Zinsser<br>
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From: Dirk Baack <<a href="mailto:baack@tu-harburg.de">baack@tu-harburg.de</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Hoi
Lowlanders,<br>
<br>
Yesterday I joined a discussion about family relation names. We all know words
like mother, father, brother and sister. There are also words for your inlaws
(brother-in-law) or for other generations (grandma etc.). But how do we call (in
one word) the brother (Hans) of the wife (Marieke) of my brother (Jan)? So Jan
is my brother, Marieke is his wife, so she is my sister-in-law, but how do we
label the relation between me and Hans? We came up with the name
schoonzusterbroer, but that is a non-existing word, isn't it?<br>
<br>
Is there a language in which it is possible to express this kind of
relationship? Who can help me?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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Perhaps something like German "Schwippschwager"?<br>
<br>
Dirk<br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Theo Homan</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:theohoman@yahoo.com">theohoman@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
Subject:<span class="hccdpe"> LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]</span>
<br>
<br>
> From: Jenny Kool <J.Kool@ReginaCoeli.nl><br>
> Subject: Family relation names<br>
><br>
> Hoi Lowlanders,<br>
<br>
> Yesterday I joined a discussion about family relation<br>
> names. We all know<br>
> words like mother, father, brother and sister. There are<br>
> also words for your<br>
> inlaws (brother-in-law) or for other generations (grandma<br>
> etc.). But how do<br>
> we call (in one word) the brother (Hans) of the wife<br>
> (Marieke) of my brother<br>
> (Jan)? So Jan is my brother, Marieke is his wife, so she is<br>
> my<br>
> sister-in-law, but how do we label the relation between me<br>
> and Hans? We came<br>
> up with the name schoonzusterbroer, but that is a<br>
> non-existing word, isn't<br>
> it?<br>
><br>
> Is there a language in which it is possible to express this<br>
> kind of<br>
> relationship? </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">Who can help me?<br>
<br>
> Houdoe,<br>
><br>
> Jenny<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
Dat was toch altijd:<br>
<br>
'aangetrouwde oom cq. neef'?<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">vr. gr.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Theo Homan<br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Paul Finlow-Bates</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe">
</span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk">wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject:<span class="hccdpe"> LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I can't
remember the words now, but I seem to recall that Mandarin Chinese has a lot of
complex relationship terms. Finnish is another one.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Paul
Finlow-Bates<br>
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