Reply to "Guyanese words /phrases/slangs/terminology"

MitwahSenior Member

@Lynn posted:
Well..now explain this..( someone once askedme to explain n i had great difficulty in doing so)..
whn u eat green mango or tambrin..it ‘edge’ yuh teeth..
or yuh teeth “edge” with dat green mango/tambrin

It's taken from the bible. It's the acid from the fruit and its effect on the nerve endings on the teeth.

The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. Jeremiah 31:29b

7/1/227:45 AM

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