Monday, May 26, 2008

On words being twisted.

A long time ago women used to be attended in birth by a group of close women friends called God-sibbs, sometimes translated as 'sisters of God'.

Apparently, this gathering of women to give birth and assist each other has been distorted in the lens of time and became the root of the word 'gossip'.

I feel cross that such a lovely thing has been so distorted.

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