Re: Words for relationships that don't have good analogues in English

So why is π transliterated as b instead of p?   Triumph of
pronunciation over tradition? :)

On 10/17/07, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On 10/17/07, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
> > What words for relationships do you have in your conlang(s), or are
> > there in interesting other languages I might not know, that do not
> > have good analogues in normal English?
>
> Modern Greek συμπέθερος and συμπεθέρα (symbetheros, symbethera),
> literally something like "co-{father,mother}-in-law": the
> parent-in-law of your child (or alternatively, the parent of your
> son/daugher-in-law).
>
> I thought that was an interesting relationship to have a term for.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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