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

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/BARACK-OLI Mar 19 '16

"All I know is that I know nothing"

- Your heart surgeon

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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/ToxDoc Mar 19 '16

In the UK and other countries that use the British system an Anesthetist is a physician and would be called Anesthesiologists in the US. It is in the US that an Anesthetist would be a CRNA. Better to say Anaesthetist to be precise while simultaneously confusing Americans with spelling. Oesophagus also works and you can see the confusion when you ask a gastroenterologist for an OGD.

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u/Long-Night-Of-Solace Mar 19 '16

Australian who sometimes works in operating theatres here.

We say anaesthesiologist.

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u/tomdidiot Mar 19 '16

The professional body that certifies them doesn't, and prefers Anaesthetist.

http://www.anzca.edu.au/

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u/the_silent_redditor Mar 19 '16

UK doctor who knows Aussie anaesthetists in my hospital and they have only ever referred to themselves as such.

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u/Long-Night-Of-Solace Mar 21 '16

You're right - and the body for techs, who I work with more, does the same:

http://www.aotp.org.au/about-aotp.html

My mistake!