[Lexicog] Another lexical gap?

[Wayne Leman]

And I've heard other people use "out-law," Mr. C. Mortensen! (Perhaps they
heard it first from you.) But I don't know is usage is wide enough to make
it into the English dictionary.
Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chaz and Helga Mortensen" <chaz_mortensen at sil.org>


David, there actually is such a word in English: 'out-law', derived
from 'in-law', and first coined by C. Mortensen in about 1987. For
example, my sister-in-law's husband is my out-law, if said husband does
not happen to be my brother in the first place. Unfortunately, it is
only a cover term for all relationships established through marriage
that go beyond the in-law level. Suggested spelling includes the hyphen
to avoid confusion with 'outlaw'.

-Chaz



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