it is now dangerous to have an occupation which includes the letters paed..

Yes, terrible story.

But perhaps the lesson might be about langauge itself. As we can probably all recognise, language (most especially argot) is used at least as much to define the outsider as to communicate in an open manner. Does the use of words based so firmly on ancient Greek continue to make sense in the 21st century? Or is it a case of snob value - perhaps when I get home I shall get a younger perspective if I ask the opinion of my paeds?