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Posted By: wwh iamatology - 10/23/02 09:47 PM
iamatology

n. medical study of remedies.



Posted By: Wordwind Re: iamatology - 10/23/02 10:31 PM
iam

No connection to the iamb, is there?

Posted By: wwh Re: iamatology - 10/23/02 10:44 PM
Best I could find:
Iamatology

Iam`atol"ogy (?), n. [Gr. , , medicine + -logy.] (Med.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

"iamb" as in iambic seem unrelated.

Posted By: Wordwind Re: iamatology - 10/23/02 10:53 PM
Well this is weird. Are you saying that iamatology and lamatology are one and the same thing?

On the surface, it appears that either and "i" was mistaken for an "l," or vice versa. Again, weird.

Posted By: wwh Re: iamatology - 10/24/02 12:38 AM
I suspect you mistook a capital "I" for a small "l" as in lilly.

Posted By: Faldage Re: iamatology - 10/24/02 10:00 AM
"i" was mistaken for an "l,"

Get you a different font, Dub. I can clearly see the serifs on the Capital Eye.

Posted By: wwh Re: iamatology - 10/24/02 02:04 PM
Dear Faldage: so lend your Superman vision to WW.

Posted By: Faldage Re: iamatology - 10/24/02 03:27 PM
Superman vision

I checked my Preferences. It's called Times.

Posted By: Wordwind Re: iamatology - 10/28/02 09:12 AM
I suppose I will have to change my preferences since this kind of confusion over eyes and ells has occurred before on the board.

Least I won't continue thinking iamatology and lamatology are both words having to do with the study of remedies.

Posted By: Wordwind Re: iamatology - 10/28/02 05:27 PM
Well, I did change my preferences and also increased the size of the font. AWAD writers now appear to be writing kindergarten texts. Highly intellectual kindergartners, of course.

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