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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Someone suffering from tics
Hello!
I need to produce a good English equivalent to:
"X's tics illness" (or is this already good English?)
Say: X suffers from a tics illness
Shall I say:
1. X's tics illness
2. X's tics-illness
3. X's ttic illness
4. X's tic-illness
5. Is it an illness at all?
PS: I know it's the Tourrette syndrome, but it's not to be used here
(I'm deep into tics now, I'''''m affraid you you you'll seeseeseesee more *** of of of it laterererer)
I need to produce a good English equivalent to:
"X's tics illness" (or is this already good English?)
Say: X suffers from a tics illness
Shall I say:
1. X's tics illness
2. X's tics-illness
3. X's ttic illness
4. X's tic-illness
5. Is it an illness at all?
PS: I know it's the Tourrette syndrome, but it's not to be used here
(I'm deep into tics now, I'''''m affraid you you you'll seeseeseesee more *** of of of it laterererer)
Top answer
Pieanne - I don't know the medical terminology for Tourette's - if it is a condition, an illness, or whatever. But I don't think any of your four choices work very well in English. " Although I know the two words are spelled differently, if I read "tic-illness" I tend to think of a desease spread by blood-sucking insects, like Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever.
- Pieanne - I don't know the medical terminology for Tourette's - if it is a condition, an illness, or whatever.
- But I don't think any of your four choices work very well in English.
- " Although I know the two words are spelled differently, if I read "tic-illness" I tend to think of a desease spread by blood-sucking insects, like Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever.
- If you are interested in tics, have you read "Witty Ticcy Ray" in Oliver Sacks' book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"?
- --khofffffffffff
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Pieanne - I don't know the medical terminology for Tourette's - if it is a condition, an illness, or whatever. But I don't think any of your four choices work very well in English. I think it would be better to say something like "X's neurological condition, which produces physical and vocal tics, ..." Although I know the two words are spelled differently, if I read "tic-illness" I tend to thi
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How about 'X suffered from an illness characterised by facial tics and grimacing"
Tourette's is a neurological disorder; I don't know whether it rates as an illness or a disability.
If you want to read all about it:-
http://www.pediatricneurology.com/tics.htm
Tourette's is a neurological disorder; I don't know whether it rates as an illness or a disability.
If you want to read all about it:-
http://www.pediatricneurology.com/tics.htm
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Thanks, Khoff and Abbie...
I read Sack's book a few years ago, maybe I should reopen it and see what terms are used...
What I'm doing right now is translating a 15 page atricle/report for a neurologist friend, who specializes in Tourette syndrome. And "X's 'tic illness' " should be the title, so I can't use a whole sentence.
Maybe "tic-condition"?
I'll let you know if I find s
I read Sack's book a few years ago, maybe I should reopen it and see what terms are used...
What I'm doing right now is translating a 15 page atricle/report for a neurologist friend, who specializes in Tourette syndrome. And "X's 'tic illness' " should be the title, so I can't use a whole sentence.
Maybe "tic-condition"?
I'll let you know if I find s
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If it's straightforward, perhaps:
'MrX's Nervous Tic.'
If there's room for manoeuvre, perhaps:
'What makes MrX tic?'
MrP
'MrX's Nervous Tic.'
If there's room for manoeuvre, perhaps:
'What makes MrX tic?'
MrP
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Thanks, MrP, but there's no room for manoeuvre in this one!
The first one looks good to me.
By the way, MrX ix André Malrau
The first one looks good to me.
By the way, MrX ix André Malrau
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Ah! Did he have tics. Well well.
Do people in your village get very weary of jokes about the syndrome?
MrP
Do people in your village get very weary of jokes about the syndrome?
MrP
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