Tenko
People saying they’re sick if they have a cold , temperature or cough . To me sick means vomit . My god daughter tells me she or her daughter have been so sick , so I ask is it a bug or food poisoning. And she replies no we’ve been so sick with a nasty cold !!!
Yes!
Only a few weeks ago my dgc told me she had been sick the day before. I immediately thought she meant that she had vomited (she hadn't), because that is how it was always been used in our family.
If we felt unwell, we were 'poorly', 'unwell' or 'ill'.
Similarly, we had 'a temperature', not 'a fever'.