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[theweaselking]

Pediatrician, pedophile, how big a difference could there be?

Quoth scarybaldguy, "Let's hope that the council isn't niggardly in paying for the repairs."

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[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

Next thing you know, they'll have problems with the word "podiatrist", which sounds like someone who works with pedophiles!

This is what happens when you don't do vocabulary quizzes in school.

[matgb]

Um, that happened to, apparently. Not as badly, but during the hysteria outbreak (nasty newspaper ran a hate campaign, think Fox but in print witha reputable name behind it) a lot of people got hurt or abuse for having a title vaguely similar to the same greek root word.

OTOH, 7 year old news. If we're bored, I could dig out some older stories of utter stupidity?

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

Teachers are lucky we don't call them "pedagogues".

[tezoar.livejournal.com]

- I remember this one: 'Englands most brain-dead paper stirs up England's most brain-dead vigilante group'