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In Reply to: "A man tries to commit suicide by crucifying himself on the cross." - He should've phoned an optomologist. posted by Audiophilander on March 17, 2004 at 11:09:42:
... but it's not something an "optomologist" will be able to help you with.Anyway, I wonder how this genius planned to nail that other hand...
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> > > "Anyway, I wonder how the genius planned to nail that other hand." < < <Maybe THAT'S why he originally called 911 for assistance. ;^)
The lack of two "r's" is more specifically a spelling error.And the term "optomologist" doesn't exist--truly an abeRRation!
How about ophthamologist--it helps to know the first part derives from the Greek ophthalmos "eye."
You are correct that Dalton made a spelling error, but I was just teasing him and I think he was aware of that; BTW, see URL below.
Audiophilander,I too am just teasing, but I'm not overwhelmed that optomologist does exist, even if it is found at a URL. I recognize that the multi-volume Oxford English dictionary lists unimaginable words . . .
The eye doctors who do surgery that I am aware of refer to themselves as ophthamologists and, from the perspective of etymology, this is directly derived from Greek.
Optometrist, and in this case, I guess optomologist, have been made to look more like "English" words by getting rid of the "clumsy" consonantal cluster "phth"--which originally consisted of only two letters in Greek--phi and theta.
At any rate, I enjoy your posts & note that you no longer post much (any?) on the audio forums. They are kind of dead right now . . .
My audio system is pretty much where I want it right now, so the desire to discuss audio doesn't dominant my time as much as it used to, and since I love movies old & new this "seems" like the place to be for film aficionados. However, I am a little concerned about the current level of controversy fueled by a few of the Euro-centric contributers here over popular films. The insulting of folk's tastes in film are pretty rampant right now. Dmitry is apparently leaving this forum over it; others may have already left and one can only wonder who will follow.Anyway, I'm glad that you enjoy my posts; at least you know where to find them now! :o)
You're going for the kinder, gentler version of grammatical crucifixion? I'll have to keep my eyes closed then. Not looking forward to the CASIK procedure...
The cops nailed him on loitering
good thing he had his phone or he would have to hang around all day.
...whose chances are wholly ghost; even Mel Gibson agrees. ;^)
Burning bushes - that's a topic from another religious-themed movie. At least that one isn't anti-semantic though...
Don't mean to cross the others but I think you nailed it.
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