I’ve been working non stop for the past week, and now feeling under the weather *.
Had a very clogged nose and bad cough for days. Surprisingly, I’ve got through two full
day weddings with morning trailer trailer editings, and in fact felt slightly better through
it all! I guess the positive energy from weddings and the adrenaline helps.
Actually, I couldn’t have survived as a full time wedding videographer without my dear
Hwei Min, drowning me with “Liang Cha” (Herbal Cooling Tea), and helping me man the
computer while I’m converting tapes, which allows me a half an hour nap. But most of
all, by being my first audience for every single wedding video I complete!
Anyway, I went to find the origins of the phrase “under the weather” and this was what
I found. Google is wonderful! Total time to find answer? 1 minute… 🙂
* Under the weather.
To feel ill. Originally it meant to feel seasick or to be adversely affected by bad weather.
The term is correctly ‘under the weather bow’ which is a gloomy prospect; the weather
bow is the side upon which all the rotten weather is blowing.
– from Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions
by Bill Beavis and Richard G. McCloskey (Sheridan House,
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 1995. First published in Great Britain, 1983).
