In Spanish we say "calostro" and "areola" but then Spanish is a romance
language derived from Latin...

Veronica

 7. languages
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> Date:    Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:22:32 +0000
> From:    Rachel O'Leary <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: languages
>
> 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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Verónica Garea
GALM Bariloche
IBFAN Bariloche - LLL Argentina
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