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Do you know these words?
tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus
As a ESL learner, I'm trying to get a sense if I should learn these and many other medical terms. Obviously I'm very unfamiliar with these terms. I wonder if high school students or college students in the States would know these words.
High school students in my Country, which is China, would all know the chinese terms for them. Not that we know the medical in-and-outs about it. But we would know what we're talking about.
Let me put it this way, if a doctor tells ten Chinese high-school kids that 'you have rhinitis', about 10 out 10 of them wouldn't ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?
As a ESL learner, I'm trying to get a sense if I should learn these and many other medical terms. Obviously I'm very unfamiliar with these terms. I wonder if high school students or college students in the States would know these words.
High school students in my Country, which is China, would all know the chinese terms for them. Not that we know the medical in-and-outs about it. But we would know what we're talking about.
Let me put it this way, if a doctor tells ten Chinese high-school kids that 'you have rhinitis', about 10 out 10 of them wouldn't ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?
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ruthless filted: [nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus Let me put it this way, if a doctor tells ten Chinese high-school kids that 'you have ... " What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? the numbers are just about reversed for rhinitis..
- ruthless filted: [nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus Let me put it this way, if a doctor tells ten Chinese high-school kids that 'you have ...
- " What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students?
- the numbers are just about reversed for rhinitis..
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ruthless filted:
[nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus Let me put it this way, if a doctor tells ten Chinese high-school kids that 'you have ... ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?[/nq]
If a doctor tells ten American high-school students (or ten older Americans) "you have tonsillitis", I'd say eight o
[nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus Let me put it this way, if a doctor tells ten Chinese high-school kids that 'you have ... ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?[/nq]
If a doctor tells ten American high-school students (or ten older Americans) "you have tonsillitis", I'd say eight o
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[nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus As a ESL learner, I'm trying to get a sense if I should learn these and many ... ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?[/nq]
An American would use the term "hay fever" and not "rhinitis". There's no reason to apply a medical term to a common condition for ordinary use.
An American would use the term "hay fever" and not "rhinitis". There's no reason to apply a medical term to a common condition for ordinary use.
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[nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus As a ESL learner, I'm trying to get a sense if I should learn these and many ... ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?[/nq]
I think non-American English-speaking teenagers would certainly know "tonsillitis", probably know "tinnitus", and very likely not know "rhinitis",
I think non-American English-speaking teenagers would certainly know "tonsillitis", probably know "tinnitus", and very likely not know "rhinitis",
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[nq:2]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus As a ESL learner, I'm trying to ... doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think non-American English-speaking teenagers would certainlyknow "tonsillitis", probably know "tinnitus", and very likely not know "rhinitis", for which lay people of all ages and levels ofeducation use "a runny nose" or "a stuffy
[nq:1]I think non-American English-speaking teenagers would certainlyknow "tonsillitis", probably know "tinnitus", and very likely not know "rhinitis", for which lay people of all ages and levels ofeducation use "a runny nose" or "a stuffy
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[nq:1]And if a doctor tells an American "you have tinnitus", the American will probably answer "Huh?"...r[/nq]
A Brit might know better, but only because the Rt Hon Lord Ashley of Stoke (better known as Jack Ashley, MP) was/is a famous sufferer.
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
A Brit might know better, but only because the Rt Hon Lord Ashley of Stoke (better known as Jack Ashley, MP) was/is a famous sufferer.
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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[nq:2]And if a doctor tells an American "you have tinnitus", the American will probably answer "Huh?"...r[/nq]
[nq:1]A Brit might know better, but only because[/nq]
Dat were a joke, son.
"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata."
+-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous"
[nq:1]A Brit might know better, but only because[/nq]
Dat were a joke, son.
"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata."
+-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous"
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[nq:2]And if a doctor tells an American "you have tinnitus", the American will probably answer "Huh?"...r[/nq]
[nq:1]A Brit might know better, but only because the Rt Hon Lord Ashley of Stoke (better known as Jack Ashley, MP) was/is a famous sufferer.[/nq]
Wasn't the OP asking about college-age familiarity? I doubt if most 18-year-old Brits have heard of Jack Ashley.
Katy Jennison
[nq:1]A Brit might know better, but only because the Rt Hon Lord Ashley of Stoke (better known as Jack Ashley, MP) was/is a famous sufferer.[/nq]
Wasn't the OP asking about college-age familiarity? I doubt if most 18-year-old Brits have heard of Jack Ashley.
Katy Jennison
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[nq:2]A Brit might know better, but only because the Rt Hon Lord Ashleyof Stoke (better known as Jack Ashley, MP) was/is a famous sufferer.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wasn't the OP asking about college-age familiarity? I doubt ifmost 18-year-old Brits have heard of Jack Ashley.[/nq]
More's the pity. The one honest man in Gomorrah, or wherever it was. Tomorrer? Glockamorra? (Yes, I know about the Dublin th
[nq:1]Wasn't the OP asking about college-age familiarity? I doubt ifmost 18-year-old Brits have heard of Jack Ashley.[/nq]
More's the pity. The one honest man in Gomorrah, or wherever it was. Tomorrer? Glockamorra? (Yes, I know about the Dublin th
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[nq:1]tonsillitis, rhinitis, tinnitus As a ESL learner, I'm trying to get a sense if I should learn these and many ... ask "what's that?" What would the number be if a doctor tells ten American high-school students? What about college students?[/nq]
Perhaps Chinese doctors had/have no guilds (unions) compelling them to avoid plain Chinese?
Perhaps Chinese doctors had/have no guilds (unions) compelling them to avoid plain Chinese?
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Mike Lyle wrote on 13 Apr 2005:
[nq:2]I think non-American English-speaking teenagers would certainly know "tonsillitis", probably ... of education use "a runny nose" or "a stuffy nose".[/nq]
[nq:1]Addition after reading Tony's reply. Non-Americans of all ages would also say "hay fever" for "allergic rhinitis"; and I wouldn't expect many teenagers or many more adults to know the medical te
[nq:2]I think non-American English-speaking teenagers would certainly know "tonsillitis", probably ... of education use "a runny nose" or "a stuffy nose".[/nq]
[nq:1]Addition after reading Tony's reply. Non-Americans of all ages would also say "hay fever" for "allergic rhinitis"; and I wouldn't expect many teenagers or many more adults to know the medical te
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