The shame, the joy, the freedom of words.

Apart from cuss words, did you know that there are words that can make people cringe in shame? 

I kid you not. In some cultures, certain words can make certain types of people feel embarrassed!

Some folk in my lovely native land, upon hearing the musical-sounding word aloo, cringe with more shame than if they’d been caught stealing neighbour’s laundry on the line. It’s unfortunate that, as educated (I use this word loosely) and as civilised (I use this word loosely too) as we’ve become, some of us are not aware that aloo is Hindi for potato, that our ancestors had lugged this bit of language all the way from India. Seems like we’ve put away pride in history and endless books about hardy folk crossing the kala pani…the black water…from India to Guyana. We have evolved. Aloo is now poked under a shelf lower than the lowest level of Creolese, hidden like the old-fashioned clothes you forgot to throw away, and don’t want your trendy friends to see.

Read more here: FUNDAY. And when you’re done, you can play the word game with the emojis.

Now, imagine this…that the only skill you have is with words. What would you do? Develop a word game? What’s your favourite word game? Mine is Pictionary! Another day, I will share with you how I discovered this game, and the outrageous nights, hours of fun.