in oil. Irish potatoes are potatoes, while "potatoes" means sweet potatoes. Sukuma wiki means collard greens. Ovacado or vacado means avocado. Posho refers to a dense mixture of cooked cornmeal and water also known as ugali. Farming is often referred to as digging and fields under cultivation, even large ones, may be referred to as gardens. Terms for language The word vernacular, rarely used in ordinary conversation in most of the English speaking world, is common in Uganda to mean local language. It comes from the fact that in most primary schools, pupils are punished for speaking "vernacular", languages other than English. Since there are many local languages, they are usually classified as "vernacular". Colloquial language is also used. Among the youth, certain verbs are given different past participle tenses as slang for example, the word “flop” is used as “flap” instead of “flopped” in the past participle, pronounced as /flap/. In a sentence, “I flap the test” means “I didn’t do well in the test”. Other words used like this are game as gam, fetch as fatch and chop as chap. They follow the past participle rule of verbs like feed as fed and read as read. Terms for money When money is spent extravagantly on outings, shopping, recreations and the like, Ugandans are said to be "eating money." It is also a common phrase in reference to embezzlement, corruption, or misappropriation of funds: "The Minister ate the money," or "He was fired from his job because he ate money." This phrase also applies to living a lavish or abundant lifestyle, hence "You are eating money", which commonly means one is successful and doing well. In Uganda the verb "demand" is often used instead of "owe", with inversion of subject and object. For example, I demand John ten thousand shillings meaning John owes me ten thousand shillings. When out with friends to drink or shopping and someone takes the bill, the term house is used. For example, We went out with Kenneth last night and he housed us, meaning We went out with Kenneth last night and he paid for the drinks. Foreign currency is forex, and currency exchange bureaus are forex bureaux. In American and British English, a dishonoured check is said to bounce; Ugandans have adopted this phrase to refer to the inability to the failure to meet with someone — with or without an appointment: "I