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Why wouldn't Randal post this on a Monday instead of a Friday?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.65|162.158.166.65]] 22:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC) | Why wouldn't Randal post this on a Monday instead of a Friday?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.65|162.158.166.65]] 22:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
− | added transccccccccc [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]] | + | added transccccccccc [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 22:06, 3 November 2023 (UTC) |
Should [[699: Trimester]] be mentioned in the explanation anywhere?--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.58.190|172.69.58.190]] 02:11, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | Should [[699: Trimester]] be mentioned in the explanation anywhere?--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.58.190|172.69.58.190]] 02:11, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
− | :eh. probably. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]] | + | :eh. probably. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 02:15, 4 November 2023 (UTC) |
Here before fans inevitably figure out which crossword number it is <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 02:45, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | Here before fans inevitably figure out which crossword number it is <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 02:45, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
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:For all the problems with the UK healthcare systems (and the gods know that there are indeed some), I can't see Beret Guy's system working here, at the same level of hypothetical. (Same with policing matters.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.33|141.101.98.33]] 14:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | :For all the problems with the UK healthcare systems (and the gods know that there are indeed some), I can't see Beret Guy's system working here, at the same level of hypothetical. (Same with policing matters.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.33|141.101.98.33]] 14:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
::Just imagine how Americans feel when we read about members of Parliament holding [https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/surgeries/ surgeries] for their constituents. Very confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.7|172.70.127.7]] 15:58, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ::Just imagine how Americans feel when we read about members of Parliament holding [https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/surgeries/ surgeries] for their constituents. Very confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.7|172.70.127.7]] 15:58, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
− | ::: It's helpful (at least to me) to read the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/surgery etymology of the word "surgery"], especially how, in British English, it came to mean "a (place for) consultation." Combine this with the realization that, whereas in the USA a physician holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine doctorate degree], a physician in the UK holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery bachelor's degree] - UK secondary school graduates, if they qualify, go directly to medical school, bypassing the bachelor's degree step forced on would-be physicians in the US. Thus, a "doctor's office" in the USA is a place where the physician holds a doctorate degree (technically "is a doctor"), and is found in an office processing the paperwork that dominates the doctor's day, whilst a "doctor's surgery" in the UK is a place where the physician | + | ::: It's helpful (at least to me) to read the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/surgery etymology of the word "surgery"], especially how, in British English, it came to mean "a (place for) consultation." Combine this with the realization that, whereas in the USA a physician holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine doctorate degree], a physician in the UK holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery bachelor's degree] - UK secondary school graduates, if they qualify, go directly to medical school, bypassing the bachelor's degree step forced on would-be physicians in the US. Thus, a "doctor's office" in the USA is a place where the physician holds a doctorate degree (technically "is a doctor"), and is found in an office processing the paperwork that dominates the doctor's day, whilst a "doctor's surgery" in the UK is a place where the physician may not hold a doctorate degree (technically "is not a doctor") and in which, in the modern day, surgeries seldom (never?) take place. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.82|172.71.150.82]] 07:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC) |
::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC) | ||
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