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Old 08-22-2012, 08:58 AM   #4
Depolit

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Thx for the info. I had heard the term se pasma la boca but being that it was in the campo and that they also say se le tuerce la boca I just assumed it must be espasmarse. Also, I have never heard anyone would die only that the mouth would go numb or twist or that one would go crazy.

Finally, given that hundreds of millions Americans, Europeans and Asians aren't affected by the hot/cold issue (just look at professional sports or standard first aid for heat exhaustion) I expect the reason Dominican's are effected is merely suggestion.
Sorry but you missed the point...the definitions are NOT from the Dominican dictionary, but from the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language in Madrid...and they do not even mention it is a regionalism (which they do when appropriate)...the definitions starting with "Med" are MEDICAL definitions...so, obviously, Dominicans did NOT invent the word or notion of "pasmar(se)".

In all likelihood the notion came from the same place from where the word came: Spain.

In fact, considering that Southern Spain (and even Madrid) can get EXTREMELY HOT in summer time (over 40C/100F easily) it would not be surprising they developed a concern about the effect of sudden change of temperature, especially from hot to cold....
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