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Dear Cecil,
The Konkani word grip means flu. In the olden days and till today, Goans
used the word whenever someone was about to catch flu, or was down with it -
Mhaka grip ieta xi dista. (I think I am catching flu). To gripin
bhorla. (He is down with flu). "Aiz-kal ganvan soglleak grip poddlea.
(These days, there is flu everywhere in the village).
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
From : Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent : Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:55 AM
To : [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject : Goa gripped by 'grip'
"China gripped by Bird Flu", "Delhi gripped by cold"... these are the
headlines we read in the papers the last few days.
On Monday, January 9th, the weather here in Goa changed drastically from the
winter cold to April-like heat and humidity. Yesterday, 11th January night,
it seems to have returned to what it should be at this time of the year. The
meteorological department confirms that this was strange un-seasonal weather
was due to some low pressure being formed in the Indian Ocean
Many people fell mildly sick in Goa due to the abrupt shift in weather. Most
Konkani speaking people I spoke to said they had a case of 'grip'. Now
'grip', from what I can figure, is a mild sickness whose symptoms are a
strange mix of a body cold (as opposed to head or chest cold), light fever,
low blood pressure, drowsiness, bodyache and mild rheumatism. In retrospect
I now see that I have been gripped by 'grip' in the past too and did not
recognise it as such.
Will some doctor on this forum, or some folk medicine expert, please clarify
if 'grip' is just a local name for an existing disease or is it a uniquely
Goan disease?
Cheers!
Cecil
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