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I reckon the majority of english speakers who read 'Proctorio' will immediately think anus.
by everyone 6y ago
I reckon the majority of english speakers who read 'Proctorio' will immediately think anus.
- yunohn 6y agoI think the majority of English speakers are completely unaware of this meaning. “Proctor” on the other hand, is something they would’ve heard of in an exam setting.
- festive-minsky 6y agoMabye I'm in the minority; I'd never heard of a "Proctor", but I have heard of a "Proctologist", which is an anus doctor
- scbrg 6y agoIs this one of those regional things? Is the same word used throughout the entire English speaking world? Not a native English speaker myself, so my association was to the Greek word as well.
- vineyardmike 6y agoI recon the majority of english speakers will not think of the Greek word for anus. Especially educated English speakers who have had exams proctored before.
- Smaug123 6y agoGoogle Trends: "proctor" is dramatically more common than "proctologist". I'd go so far as to say you're objectively wrong. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=proctor,proctologist https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=proctor,pr...
- jessaustin 6y agoIsn't that a measure of how often words are searched? Everyone knows what a proctologist is, and no one wants to learn any more about them than they absolutely have to learn. A comedic trope is for a sadistic doctor to brutally thrust his hand into a nitrile glove and ask if some poor sap is ready for his exam. On the other hand, those with college degrees (a minority of the population) have heard the word "proctor" on eight different occasions in their entire lives.