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The recreational pleasures that ordinary islanders enjoy have become synonymous with the name Jamaica: dancing to the heavily rhythmic musical beat; taking a little marijuana (or “ganja,” as it’s known here), which many Jamaicans view as a kind of medicinal herb; or simply sitting back and chatting with friends on a bench or street corner, where the situation is described as “Irie” — the equivalent of “Everything’s just fine! ”
We have others where the h has been reinstated but is not pronounced ( hour, honest, heir , for example), and still others where the h has been replaced, but on whose pronunciation we have not yet made up our minds ( humo(u)r, humble, herb ).
What seems to work: A traditional Chinese therapy, moxibustion, which involves burning an herb next to the big toe, proved safe and effective for stimulating fetal movement to avoid breech deliveries; Yoga-style stretching helps combat carpal tunnel syndrome; and traditional Chinese herbs alleviate irritable bowel syndrome.
We can think of no corollary, and feel little or no resonance with known words—dyssac (an herb liquor), thawn (a bearded cave-dweller), bgrassik (translation uncertain).
Herb well knew how keen was his intellect and how sharp his wit.
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