tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117767810910622101.post2384718477883402648..comments2022-03-25T08:34:18.294-07:00Comments on Animal Doctor in Transition: "Canine patient"?! It's a DOG, for pete's sake.Dr Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161435608409875777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117767810910622101.post-50984805956469892312015-01-17T17:39:49.873-08:002015-01-17T17:39:49.873-08:00Simplicity of language still serves me (and my pat...Simplicity of language still serves me (and my patients) well. I feel like a self-important idiot when I accidentally use "fecal matter" instead of "poop" :-) The most difficult task is to use as few words as possible, whether in medicine or in literary writing.Dr Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161435608409875777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117767810910622101.post-32759963985263380592015-01-17T12:27:07.017-08:002015-01-17T12:27:07.017-08:00a wondrous lesson in straightforward honesty and p...a wondrous lesson in straightforward honesty and plain talk. a rose is a rose, a spade is a spade and so on a. i. ah yes. a wife is a wife as your famous colleague once said in an old country play. words conceal us from reality and reality from us - any words, even seemingly the plainest. so it's a matter of choice which in fact is a matter of taste. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com