LL-L "False friends" 2004.06.13 (01) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "False friends" 2004.06.11 (06) [E]

Ron wrote:
"I haven't come across this one (i.e., "sick" to mean "vomit"), though, but
I take your word for it.

This is the usual meaning of "sick" in Nottingham English, e.g., "there's
sick all over the floor." "E's just gone en bin sick everywhere." We use
"ill" where everyone else on this list seems to use "sick", e.g., "I feel
ill". "He's not here's because he's off ill". Then of course we use the term
"poorly" as well, which describes a mild illness, especially that of
children - it's a little condescending, I suppose. "Are yeh feelin poorly,
duck?" "Are yeh a bit poorly? <patronising coo> Arr."

Whenever I hear the word "sick" used to mean "ill" it grates as an
Americanism.

Criostóir.

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