[log in to unmask],Net wrote at 17:50 on 17/12/98
about "Re: you say tomato I say tomato":
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>>Doctors, on the whole, are notorious for poor command of the
language.
>>Don't know why!
>
>Because for years now the emphasis has been on 3 "A" levels in Physics,
>Chemistry, and Biology. (and A passes at that!)
>
>This has meant that there was very little time for prospective Doctors
>to develop any literary or communication skills in their formative
>years.
This is an old chestnut and a largely unjust one, a false canard in
fact although what a dummy aerofoil has to do with....
I am at present contemplating the "Two Cultures" idea that was
ascribed to CP Snow, and the Thrid Culture idea which is more up to
date now...
It is quite clear that the widespread (and often deliberate and
paraded) ignorance of matters scientific among arts graduates,
business and law graduates and the like is far more remarkable and
deprecable than the alleged ignorance of matters of art and language
among the scientists.
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