Help Needed Please

Sallie Lemons sallmns at AOL.COM
Thu Feb 22 14:50:41 UTC 2007


Certainly, each profession has its own jargon. More interestingly, it seems=20=
to me, each profession conforms or handles language in a specific way almost=
as a ID badge.  A doctor will write, for example, "This patient presents wi=
th..." and list symptoms. No one would talk that way at a cocktail party or=20=
a social converation.=20
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