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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Consult #129462 06/17/2004 6:53 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Consult #129463 06/17/2004 9:24 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Consult #129464 06/17/2004 10:07 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui 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. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Consult #129465 06/22/2004 5:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland was not upset when he said that he thought a consult would be a waste of time - fortunately, lest insult be added to consult. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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