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Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 Topic Options #62598 - 07/08/02 12:51 PM Re: windowlicker wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear dodyskin: a couple of the words you used interest me. When I was a boy, "normal school" was the name for what was later called a "Teachers' College" that is now a State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Please tell us what your "normal school" was. Forgive me for being nosy, but I can't help being curious as to what you meant by your "hospital school". Top #62599 - 07/08/02 01:08 PM Re: windowlicker dodyskin addict Registered: 04/24/02 Posts: 475 Loc: manchester uk pretty obvious innit? the hospital school was the school at the hospital and the normal school was the ordinary one across the road. hope thats clearer wwh Top #62600 - 07/08/02 06:05 PM Re: windowlicker wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 I have seen many hospitals, and worked in quite a few. but never before heard of a hospital school. There are teaching hospitals for doctors, and hospitals that have nursing schools, but I never knew of one that had a separate building for a school. One more Brit custom new to me. Top Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210108 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 54 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 wofahulicodoc 70 endymion6 70 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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