everyone should have a good dictionary. . . .

[Jonathan Lighter]

PediaTrix.

>From Britannica.

JL

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:56 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> GAT: <<< a crowd confused the words pedophile and pediatrician and
> vandalized the home of an innocent  doctor.>>>
> LH: <<<At least the two are cognates, so the rioters get part credit.
> WB: Actually, p(a)ed- is the same word.
> LH:  How about those poor podiatrists?
> WB:  Yeah, well, we had problems with them Pod People back in '56, '78,
> '93, and most recently in 2007. Talk about yer epidemic mass hysteria! I'm
> still checkin' my attic & basement ever' night. And I'm not talkin' about
> them new-fangled iPod doohickies either; that's a different zombie problem.
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