Teeth Meat

That's right, I said teeth meat.
Photo: Pam Roth

Whilst I am on the subject of teeth (hop over to Expat Life with a Double Buggy for more on wobbly teeth and tooth fairies) I'd like to share my distaste with you of gums. Not about actual gums (not that gums are particularly pleasant - google gums and choose images and you'll quickly see what I mean) but about the Dutch word for gums. You know, the more I type the word gums (and hence read it in my head) the weirder a word it sounds. Gums.

Anyway, I digress. The word for gums in Dutch is tandvlees. A literal translation for that is 'teeth meat'.  If that isn't a word that conjures up horror films then I don't know what is.