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Re: Gen: Medical RecordsFrom: =?Windows-1252?Q?Gerald_P._Rodríguez?= (geraldpr@cybermesa.com)Tue Jun 24 15:52:56 2008
You are correct, Charlie. My Webster's Unabridged dictionary says: "Biweekly (or Bi-weekly) : 1)occurring or appearing at intervals of two weeks; fortnightly. 2) Semiweekly." Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG Santa Fe
> ----- Original Message ----- Actually, when we were residents, that argument came up. One of the residents researched the phrase and found that biweekly can mean either every two weeks or twice weekly. For that reason, our division had to make changes to NST ordering forms to avoid the confusion. As to the order of inflammable vs. flammable. No meaning behind the order. On Jun 23, 2008, at 12:19 PM, R. Daniel Braun wrote: No controversy over Biweekly. It means every 2 weeks. Semiweekly is twice a week. Dan On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Charlie Chambers <cchamber@embarqmail.com> wrote: Funny, how certain words and phrases become "pet peeves" for doctors. Here's the list of words/phrases from residency that was sure to attract attention. 1. Irregardless 2. Inflammable vs. flammable. 3. Bi-weekly 4. Incidental 5. Failed vs. unsuccessful 6. Fetal distress vs. Nonreassuring 7. Seized vs. convulsed. The list goes on. On Jun 23, 2008, at 9:52 AM, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 6/23/08 10:40:28 AM, rd.braun@gmail.com writes: As the dictionary says it is an ERRONEOUS word. • an erroneous redundancy for regardless. http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/PartThree/Letters/I.htm • regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn • Irregardless is a term that has caused controversy since it first appeared in the early twentieth century. It is generally listed in dictionaries as "non-standard". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless Sounds like fun to me. Joe P.
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-- R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) ABMP CMTh Professor Emeritus Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Indiana U. School of Medicine R. Daniel Braun "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND" Einstein 1941 **************************************************************************** Charlie Chambers Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "... all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation, come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy." -Norman Maclean ******************************************************************************
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