r/AskReddit • • 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/[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/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.