On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:16:23 -0700, Annette Taylor wrote: >I can't help but waste a posting on this comment on a Friday afternoon. >Tim wrote: >>"The faculty member who teaches clinically related courses has never, to my >>knowledge told anyone to call him anything else besides his first name- >>which, >>of course, has lead to the students deciding to refer to him only by his last >>name. " > >To which I suggest, they call him Dr. because he's a clinician so more like a >"real" doctor than the rest of us.
Those who have worked in a medical environment know that only MDs are "real" doctors. Ph.D.s don't count. However, most MDs would like to own a person with a Ph.D. >LOL. (now listed in the OED) (I wonder if ROFL is in there?) ROFL, no. However, there are two entries for LOL in the OED: |1. LOL, n. |...An elderly woman.... |Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of little old lady. As represented in these examples: |1960 H. Caen Only in San Francisco xi. 64 A traffic officer bellowed |at an LOL who didn't seem to know which way to turn her car, ‘Use your |noodle, lady, use your noodle!’ | |1974 Saturday Rev. 13 July 28/3 How do you know my name?! accuses |the L.O.L. | |1980 A. Maupin More Tales of City (1998) 91 A Luxor cab deposited |a passenger on the sidewalk. An LOL. And she was headed for the door |of the Superman Building. | |1994 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Food section) 8 It was a |time when LOLs stopped with their blued hair, white gloves and proper |handbags for sustenance while shopping. | |2006 T. Cutler 211 Things Bright Boy can Do i. 25 LOLs are never in a |hurry. Furthermore, every 30 seconds extra an LOL spends chatting to the |checkout girl about Werther's Originals must be multiplied by the number of |people behind her. |2. LOL, int. and n. |...Originally and chiefly in the language of electronic communications: ‘ha ha!’; |used to draw attention to a joke or humorous statement, or to express amusement.... So, watch who you're calling an elderly woman. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9588 or send a blank email to leave-9588-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
