Discussion Forum | A Way with Words http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/ Simple:Press Forum Version 4.2.2 martha on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2227 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2227

“Doctors Chen” sounds best to me and I spent all of an afternoon trying to find why

Tank, this IS one of those things that can take a whole afternoon to get rid of, sort of like an earworm. I like the way it sounds too, and for the same reason.

]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:13:18 +0000 Tank Hughes on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2224 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2224 "Doctors Chen" sounds best to me and I spent all of an afternoon trying to find why, and the only precedents I can find for pluralizing the first of the words is Brothers Grimm and the novel The Brothers Karamazov. A very odd construction but I think that's why it sounds right to my ears.

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:38:19 +0000 Emmett Redd on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2218 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2218 In graduate school, we had the Doctors Hale in the department and the Doctors Plummer on campus. Beyond the original question, we had to refer to them in conversation. It finally became natural to say "Doctor Missus Hale" or "Doctor Mister Hale". It is starting to get lengthy like German, but was the most efficient we could come up with.

Emmett Redd

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:32:07 +0000 marianapolack on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2195 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2195 How about The owners, Dr and Dr Chen?

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:42:55 +0000 martha on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2169 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2169 Hi, Joe -- More discussion of that here from folks who also thought of more.

But "heighth"???

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:24:48 +0000 Joe Strickland on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2165 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2165 Martha's followup question seems to have more legit answers than were listed.

She said:

freight
weights

How about:

weighty
heighth
heights

That's off the top. There may be more.

]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:33:24 +0000 Grant Barrett on Pair o' Docs Paradox Minicast http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2160 Episodes http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/episodes-1/pair-o-docs-paradox-minicast-1/#p2160 A caller from Imperial Beach, California has a punctuation question: Dr. Tei Fu Chen and his wife, Dr. Oi Lin Chen own and operate a large, multinational herbal food company. In company literature, the two doctors are referred to in several ways. The caller wants to know which is the best choice.

Listen here:

[audio:http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~r/awwwpodcast/~5/380149809/080901-AWWW-pair-o-docs-paradox.mp3]

Download the MP3 here (2.6 MB).

Discuss this episode in the forum.

Which of the following would you pick, and why?

1. The owners, Doctors Chens, are experts in the field.

2. The owners, Doctor Chens, are experts in the field.

3. The owners, Doctors Chen, are experts in the field.

4. The owners, the Doctors Chen, are experts in the field.

See if your answer agrees with the one Martha and Grant decided on.

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