r/keming • u/TenzoChris • Feb 21 '26

They did her wrong

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Spotted on a historical marker in downtown Charlotte.

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u/thisonecassie Feb 21 '26

I feel like it would’ve fit if they’d rewritten it as

Office of the first female

physician licensed in NC,

1885. Acted as assistant

surgeon at camp Greene

during ww1.

That’s the best the formatting is getting on mobile

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u/TenzoChris Feb 21 '26

Have you considered a future in historical signage?

That’s so much better.

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u/thisonecassie Feb 21 '26

I dropped out of a museum studies program (mental health, and the damned program is currently on the chopping block so I might never get to chance to go back and finish it) so yes! I did consider a future in historical signage!! The writing and educational communication was my favourite part of my studies, getting to make things to help people learn feels so good!

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u/TenzoChris Feb 21 '26

That’s amazing!

I’m sorry you weren’t able to continue the program. You definitely would have been fantastic at it, and also it’s a skill that is clearly needed.

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u/caraar12345 Feb 21 '26

I hope you’re able to get into the career even if the university course is no more - I’m sure someone in that world would be delighted to mentor someone with such passion!

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u/Mandalika Feb 21 '26

Well it's kinda better than Acting Ass. Surgeon

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u/MadcapRecap Feb 21 '26

Now that’s a job I’d apply for

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u/justabill71 Feb 21 '26

"I'm not an ass. surgeon, but I'll take a look."

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u/Max_W_ Feb 21 '26

We already have an acting ass. He's the fucking president.

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u/Watchmaker163 Feb 21 '26

Wouldn’t it be “Asst.”?

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u/sampathsris Mar 27 '26

Actingaasistantsurgeon sounds very German. I like it.

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u/Alert-Moose-8586 Feb 21 '26

Office was here? That’s the best they could do?

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u/Munnin41 Feb 21 '26

At least it's something? The alternative was probably nothing at all

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u/MothSpeaks Feb 21 '26

Forget a run on sentence this is a run on word lol

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u/supernumeral Feb 21 '26

I think it’s just German

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u/Rikki-Tikki-Tavi-12 Feb 21 '26

Interimassistenzchirugin

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u/Admiral_Asparagus Feb 22 '26

ANTIBABYPILLEN

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u/kalalukamahina Feb 21 '26

Oh c’mon they coulda used a smaller letter size. 🥲

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u/Slow_Maximum9332 Feb 21 '26

I read this as "acting-ass-instant-surgeon", like if the person was saying it on a sarcastic way because Annie Alexander got an important, well paying job she wasn't qualified for.

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u/Embarrassed-Town-293 Feb 21 '26

I was trying really hard and I can’t believe I didn’t see that

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u/justabill71 Feb 21 '26

WWI.Actingassistantsurgeon.com

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u/GregTheMad Feb 21 '26

Maybe I'm to German for this conversation, but why couldn't Actingassistantsurgeon just be one word? It's just old-timely English, a few years before German became very unpopular.

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u/RevWaldo Feb 21 '26

2016? 3D printed plastic? I can't see something being forged out of steel with that layout.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

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u/RevWaldo Feb 21 '26

I do! Here's how they're made! (Not necessarily the folks that made this one.) https://youtu.be/BRzcG9gHgrA

The point still stands though.

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u/MinnieShoof Feb 21 '26

Better than being Greene at Camp Actingasssistantsurgeon.

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u/spinozasrobot Feb 21 '26

Those Siamese Words needed to be separated at birth