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I’ve never heard of a pediatrician being read as a pedophile. Is this somehow specific to the UK spelling or UK culture? There are cases where I’ve noticed Bri

by floam 2y ago

I’ve never heard of a pediatrician being read as a pedophile. Is this somehow specific to the UK spelling or UK culture? There are cases where I’ve noticed British English speakers use truncated forms where Americans don’t. Like “uni” for university, or “veg” - is it the case that paediatricians/pediatricians are referred to as paedos/pedos and that causes ambiguity? That would be unfortunate.

beardyw 2y ago
> is it the case that paediatricians/pediatricians are referred to as paedos/pedos No. It's just stupidity.
OJFord 2y ago
No it's just barely literate idiot thugs. They're not pronounced or spelt any more similarly than in AmE or anything. It's just 'oh paediatrician that's what paedo is short for innit'. Some examples: https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/a-tale-told-too-much-the-paediatrician-vigilantes/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/a-tale-told-too-much-the-pae... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/vigilante-mob-attacks-home-of-paediatrician-710864.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/vigilante... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1353904/Paediatrician-attack-People-dont-want-no-paedophiles-here.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1353904/Paediatricia... (there might be some overlap there, I haven't actually read more than necessary to check they're not cases of the paediatrician actually being a paedophile too, there is some of that unfortunately)