The next time someone says that you have “DROPSY”, be concerned because what it really refers to is “an excessive amount of watery fluid accumulated in the intercellular spaces, most commonly present in subcutaneous tissue”. I heard it from one of you the other day and I use it myself on occasion when I cannot…
Category: Chapter 3 What’s In a Word
Mudder-Wok
Listen to any of our elders describe, or reflect on a time or situation that wasn’t easy, and you will invevitably hear the term “Mudder-Wok used. “Mudder – Wok” can be defined as: Hard back breaking work done tirelessly and dilligently by a person habitually involved in manual labour. What do you think?
Look for it in the dictionary
I suspect we all remember some of those words that were spoken, and maybe at the time never fully understood. A favourite of my own is still “NANCY-STORY”. Which I now know to be a folktale of the African Gold Coast or the West Indies. Now it all makes sense! Do you have a word…