Re: [www.keralites.net] What is the single english word for "son's father-in law" and "son's mother-in-law" ?

Also I think there is no word in English for "Ethraamathe" (എത്രാമത്തെ?).  If anybody knows please quote it over here.
 

With prayers,
Abdul Latheef Parakkal

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From: Thomas Mathew <thomasmathew47@hotmail.com>
To: keralites@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 6:34:36 PM
Subject: RE: [www.keralites.net] What is the single english word for "son's father-in law" and "son's mother-in-law" ?
 

Dear all

In this context, a test for all. Can any one find out the equivalent of the two Malayalam words  "Pengal" and "Angala" in any other language. Remember  a "Pengal" cannot have another "Pengal" or an "angala' cannot have another "angala".

Thomas Mathew

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To: Keralites@YahooGroups.com
From: hemu.is.back@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:03:22 +0400
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] What is the single english word for "son's father-in law" and "son's mother-in-law" ?

Hi Sunitha,
 

I wonder wether there are any such words in English language. You must be wondering why?
 

The reason is ...language or words evolve from culture, which itself is a product of behaviour. Unlike the Indian culture where, whether you like it or not, because of marriage between a boy and a girl lots of relations are formed and a close knit society as we are, you got to live upto and conduct yourself in the socially acceptable manner with all those relations.

And hence, you got to give a proper name to each relationship.
 

But in the west there are no such norms ...even with in a small...nucleus family comprising only a husband and the wife, the partners demand privacy from each other ...elbow room as they like to call it.

In Hindi we call them Samdhi (I think derived from Sambandhi)

Regards,

Himeshwar Pandit

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Sunitha Thomas <sunitha_toms@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear friends,

Like we say father, mother, brother, cousin, uncle etc.

what is the single english word for "son's father-in law" and "son's mother-in-law" ?

Sunitha

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