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L O W L A N D S - L - 29 August 2008 - Volume 03<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Karl-Heinz Lorenz</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe">
</span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:Karl-Heinz.Lorenz@gmx.net">Karl-Heinz.Lorenz@gmx.net</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.28 (01) [D/E]</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="DE"><span class="hccdpe"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> 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]<br>
><br>
> Hoi Lowlanders,<br>
><br>
> Yesterday I joined a discussion about family relation names. We all know<br>
> words like mother, father, brother and sister. There are also words for<br>
> your<br>
> inlaws (brother-in-law) or for other generations (grandma etc.). But how<br>
> do<br>
> we call (in one word) the brother (Hans) of the wife (Marieke) of my<br>
> brother<br>
> (Jan)? So Jan is my brother, Marieke is his wife, so she is my<br>
> sister-in-law, but how do we label the relation between me and Hans? We<br>
> came<br>
> up with the name schoonzusterbroer, but that is a non-existing word, isn't<br>
> it?<br>
><br>
> Is there a language in which it is possible to express this kind of<br>
> relationship? Who can help me?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Perhaps something like German "Schwippschwager"?<br>
><br>
> Dirk<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">confer also
the entry on German wikipedia:<br>
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<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwippschwager" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwippschwager</a><br>
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According to this entry there is a legal relevance (see under
'Rechtliches'/legal aspects): the Schwippschwager (brother of one's
brother/sister-in-law, husband of one's sister-in-law) is a 'voreingenommene
Person' (Person in a conflict of interests) regarding government contracting
under EU-law according to German 'Vergaberecht'/public procurement law. But
they hardly used the word in the law itself as the term is too diffuse.
This is also expressed in the etymological remarks, even though the entry tends
to interpret it as a reduplication.<br>
<br>
PS.:<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">大姑子</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">小姑子</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">大姨子或小姨子的丈夫</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">［大姑子</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">小姑子</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">大姨子或小姨子的丈夫］</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> dàgūzi, xiǎogūzi, dàyízi huò
xiǎoyízi de zhàngfu<br>
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