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computerchix speaks of one of her chronic ailments in the first person singular possessive, I hear something else.
She says, "my asthma" in any context and my brain always registers it as "miasma", a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease; a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere; an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt. I suppose it could still be appropriate, given what breathing with asthma can feel like (I am prone to get acute asthma at times, often when recovering from a cold and/or bronchitis, but not the chronic form she does).
And now, back to the wall...
computerchix speaks of one of her chronic ailments in the first person singular possessive, I hear something else.She says, "my asthma" in any context and my brain always registers it as "miasma", a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease; a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere; an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt. I suppose it could still be appropriate, given what breathing with asthma can feel like (I am prone to get acute asthma at times, often when recovering from a cold and/or bronchitis, but not the chronic form she does).
And now, back to the wall...
