I Hebrew the word Heela is used for areola, Heela means a glow around
something, like a halo.  I

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:22 AM, Rachel O'Leary <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Dear Norma and all,
>
> About languages and cultures - do other languages (other than English) use
> the Latin words 'colostrum' and 'areola'? It seems very odd to me that we
> use a foreign, dead language to describe our own living bodies!
>
> The old English word for colostrum is 'beestings' - it occurs in an old
> text where they discuss the payment and perks for each job on an Anglo-Saxon
> estate: the cow-herd gets the beestings of a cow that has just given birth.
> I wonder what they did with it - obviously it was a priviledge and highly
> valued. I don't think we could use 'beestings' instead of 'colostrum' now,
> it is too ancient and forgotten (and sounds like being stung by a bee!) I
> like to call it 'early milk' or 'first milk' to avoid that business where
> the parents think there is 'no milk until day 3'.
>
> In English, 'colostrum' sounds like 'cholesterol' and parents often mix
> these words up. Cholesterol of course is a 'bad thing' so that's another
> reason to avoid this foreign word.
>
> I like to tell mothers that the sun also has an areola :) (Or just call it
> the dark ring around the nipple.)
>
> What are the words in other languages?
>
> Rachel
> Rachel O'Leary, Cambridge UK
>
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