my in-law ?

[ph2004]

Just a question : is the husband of my sister my in-law ?

 

[Johnson_F]

The husband of my sister is my brother-in-law, as is the brother of my wife.

 

[Rover_KE]

Your sister's husband is your brother-in-law.

Rover

Edit: Rats! Too late already.

 

[Mehrgan]

Hi,
Are there any informal (British) terms used instead of brother/sister,mother/father in law?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Johnson_F]

There were many very informal terms I used of my mother-in-law, but this is perhaps not the place to list them.

 

[ph2004]

There were many very informal terms I used of my mother-in-law, but this is perhaps not the place to list the,

Come on, like we say in Denmark : "for the thread there with".

 

[BobK]

You can refer to them all as 'in-laws' (with the stress on the first syllable), but an individual is always a something-in-law (with the stress on the last syllable).

b

 

[Barb_D]

Very generally speaking, if you say something like "We're going to spend the weekend with my in-laws" it means your spouse's family. Probably his/her parents, perhaps his/her sisters.

I, too, wouldn't call my sister's husband "my in-law" without, as saying above, making it "my brother-in-law."

And yes, your sister's husband is your brother-in-law, AND your wife's/husband's brother is ALSO your brother-in-law.