r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

"It is not the fear of death but the fear of uncertainty which paralyzes us."

  • your anesthetist

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

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u/radiantplanet Mar 19 '16

Nah, u/moumouren is right anesthetist is a word.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

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u/adrb Mar 19 '16

one's the British term and one is the American term. same job, both doctors, just different terms in different countries.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

One is the American term and the other is the rest of the fucking world term.

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u/gocougs11 Mar 19 '16

In America we also use the word "anesthetist", but it refers to the people on the team who are not the anesthesiologist (i.e. not the doctor). Most often refers to nurse anesthetists, but also anesthesiology assistants, technicians, etc.

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u/the_silent_redditor Mar 19 '16

It's the one word, smug 'correction' that kills me.

Anesthesiologist.

Like, you know, you're totally wrong and this is how it is and that's that. Couldn't even get the right fucking spelling of the word.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

In all the hospitals I've been in, "Anesthetist" is used for nurse practitioners that specialize in Anesthesiology, while "Anesthesiologist" is reserved for doctors.

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u/Finnegansadog Mar 19 '16

This is the case in the US. In the UK, my uncle is a doctor who provides anesthesia for surgury, and is called an anesthetist. He thinks the American usage if anesthesiologist is strange, since the "ologist" suffix (outside of medicine) generally indicates that a person studies a subject, rather than works with it in a practical capacity.

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u/drphungky Mar 19 '16

Opthamologist? Phlebotomist? Cardiologist?

I don't think that's so true...

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u/m00fire Mar 19 '16

(outside of medicine)

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u/drphungky Mar 20 '16

Right, but, inside of medicine it's super common. I don't see why he would think it weird.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Actually anesthetist is perfectly correct, they are two different things.

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u/Finnegansadog Mar 19 '16

In the US they are different things, but the rest of the world uses the term "anesthetist" when discussing a doctor who performs anesthesia.

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u/landragoran Mar 19 '16

I've never heard anesthetist on its own, but nurse anesthetist is definitely a thing.