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Apr 21, 2017
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Fdnman
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"my wife's brother-in-law"
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Is it proper to refer to your sister-in-law's spouse as your brother-in-law?
ByuMba90
4/21/17 10:13am
sure
TheHop
4/21/17 10:14am
I try to avoid it
Sea Chicken
4/21/17 10:14am
Why wouldn't it be?
OneUpper
4/21/17 10:14am
CougsOrDeath gives the alternative (and probably more correct answer), however
ByuMba90
4/21/17 10:19am
Of course.
LiveCoug
4/21/17 10:14am
Not if the spouse is a woman.
Ozymandias
4/21/17 10:15am
Modern life challenges
Q-grr
4/21/17 12:35pm
There's a word for it this person in Spanish: concuñado. We should come up with
chilango
4/21/17 10:15am
Mythical Brother-in-Law
Six Foot Seven
4/21/17 10:15am
No, he is your sister-in-law's husband.
CougsOrDeath
4/21/17 10:16am
Death.
ClackamasCoug
4/21/17 10:18am
Yeah, but that takes way too long to say.
benny1982
4/21/17 10:22am
And, most likely, the people to whom you are talking won't know or care about
benny1982
4/21/17 10:23am
It is 2 extra syllables. I agree with you. I had a coworker that would rail on
CougsOrDeath
4/21/17 10:46am
My sister-in-law's spouse is my brother... so, it'd be weird.
Solid-State Blue
4/21/17 10:16am
Brothers marrying sisters? That is weird. Are either of you twins? That would be
chilango
4/21/17 10:18am
Are their kids cousins - or something more like siblings?
ClackamasCoug
4/21/17 10:20am
Genetically, I think they're more like siblings, no? This would be more the case
chilango
4/21/17 10:21am
You guys are overthinking this.
Solid-State Blue
4/21/17 10:21am
INTJ - need to know the parameters of everything...
ClackamasCoug
4/21/17 10:23am
That'd be an historic first for CB - overthinking a trivial issue.
ByuMba90
4/21/17 10:23am
Are you one of these guys?
chilango
4/21/17 10:23am
His brother's wife is his sister-in-law.
benny1982
4/21/17 10:24am
Or more likely one of these guys:
chilango
4/21/17 10:25am
Yes, if you like him
HighHorse
4/21/17 10:19am
In other words, no.
Sea Chicken
4/21/17 10:24am
I do, but I think it's actually wrong
El Careeb
4/21/17 10:19am
Who defines wrong? What is the traditional convention? It seems to me that
OneUpper
4/21/17 10:23am
An in-law is a relative by marriage.
El Careeb
4/21/17 10:43am
Laid out on a genealogical chart it's still a sibling relationship via marriage
cougarstolz
4/21/17 10:31am
"my wife's brother-in-law"
Fdnman
4/21/17 10:48am
Couldn't that be your own brother too? That is confusing.
CougsOrDeath
4/21/17 11:10am
Why? Your brother is your wife's brother in law...it is a fact. Feel free
Fdnman
4/21/17 11:24am
If he's your kids uncle, and that is what he is, then he is your brother in law....
CoachSpeak
4/21/17 11:05am
brother-out-law
Florwood
4/21/17 12:02pm
No. Use "concuñado" instead
byuTX
4/21/17 12:43pm
I'm afraid I'll get that mixed up with the many other spanish words I know....
ByuMba90
4/21/17 1:20pm
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