con

[Laurence Horn]

If the psychiatric paper was written in--or quotes patients speaking in--French, another possibility presents itself.

LH

On Jan 15, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> That's three now--convert, confidence game, contra ("pro and con"). But
> there is also conservative (e.g., neocon) and convert, although each of
> these usually appears in narrower circumstances and is not likely to
> appear in a psychiatric paper.
>
>    VS-)
>
> On 1/15/2012 11:23 AM, ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:
>> Meaning "convict" (noun) or "con" 'against'?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Dan Nussbaum<yekkey at AOL.COM>  wrote:
>>
>>> I just saw the word con used in a scientific (Psychiatric) paper. How unusual is this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan Nussbaum
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