Referring to my offsprings parents.....in Yiddis they are called "machatonim", the mail is a "machitin" the female is a "machiteniste" Is there a comparable series of words in English?????? or other languages.....:???:
I'm confused...if they're your offspring, wouldn't you refer to their parents as "Me and my spouse" or "us" or something?
Although I do remember as a child that it always really confused me that my grandmother called my grandfather (her husband) "Dad". It's like they got so used to refering to each other with the name their kids used that it stuck long after the kids were gone.
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Marline said:
Referring to my offsprings parents.....in Yiddis they are called "machatonim", the mail is a "machitin" the female is a "machiteniste" Is there a comparable series of words in English?????? or other languages.....:???:
I have the same question that you asked - can we adopt or create a word that would refer to the mother or father of a son-in-law or daughter-in-law? Like you, the only single word that I found came from Yiddish and is difficult for me to pronounce, and would not be understood by people that I know.
Grandchildren make this one easier. I often refer to our co-grandparents.