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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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I thought y'all might get a kick out of this one. Some of y'all might even have the joy of getting your knickers in a twist over it.
I am going to be involved in a study at a clinic in the near future, but, before the study starts I will be going in for a "consult" (that's with the emphasis on the first syllable, as befits a noun that otherwise has the same form as a verb).
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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I'm so used to CONsult as a noun it doesn't bother me. Exwife was a psych nurse. She and her peers talked about consults all the time. It seems fairly standard shorthand in the medical community.
TEd
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Like TEd, I have obviously been corrupted by association with psych. nurses (my sister and her husband). So much so, that I have used the word spontaneously, as when I told my wife that I would ask our GP about getting a neurological consult. I used it again when speaking with my GP, and so was not upset when he said that he thought a consult would be a waste of time. It's a slippery slope that will no doubt soon see me pro-actively prioritising my day's activities, to architect a more effective time-management paradigm.
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old hand
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old hand
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was not upset when he said that he thought a consult would be a waste of time - fortunately, lest insult be added to consult.
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