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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (3933)	5/10/2004 9:47:43 PM
From: E	Respond to of 4710

This is a nice article about the linguist P.K. Saha. If one could fully understand the concept of meaning, one would understand fully what it means to be human… —P.K. Saha What “Meaning” Means cwru.edu

To: Jack Clarke who wrote (3933)	5/13/2004 5:06:50 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4710

Jack, I would not dispute that someone else has heard and transcribed the same bloopers, but what I have posted is mine, all mine, meaning that I have either personally transcribed them or have run across them in dictations from hospitals for whom I transcribe. To wit, the latest batch: The patient also notes increased swelling of the lower feet for the past week. The patient has not seen her private doctor for some time. She got rid of him. She feels like her entire right side of her body is not right. Right elbow shows a superficial abrasion as well as a right lower extremity. The patient's father's medical history is unknown, as her parents divorced at age 2. The patient is pregnant with twins and has one baby which is 7 weeks of gestational age and another baby which is 7 weeks of gestational age. (Note: I realize that it is possible to have a "twin pregnancy" with each "twin" being of a different gestational age.) Many of the fine and learned men and women who have answered the call of medicine seem to harbor a deep and abiding hatred for their high school English teacher and invent this stuff on the fly. As for the ESLs, they probably hated their high school native-language teachers, too. It seems a universal thing among the medicos; they eschew using proper sentence structure or even bona fide words. I sometimes wonder if a disregard for the King's English may not be a prerequisite for admission to medical school. Back in the 1960s, none other than Dr. Michael DeBakey's sister campaigned for proper English and less jargon in medical writing. I guess she lost. Increasingly, hospitals require us to transcribe verbatim. With much hope, I envision a day when these fine folks will see in black and white what they have spewed into whatever dictation medium they use and recoil in horror. Hasn't happened yet. - Best regards, Holly