by VERBATIM Editor | Letters
Dear Sir: Just a couple of SIC!s from Vol. 24 No. 1. 1. In the article “The Last Pibroch”, the author writes of clan chiefs memorizing a few words of Gaelic “to impress visiting dignatories.” Is this the Gaelic for “dignitaries”? 2....
by VERBATIM Editor | Letters
In William H. Dougherty’s “Bromides” in the Winter, 1999 issue, lumpectomy appears to be presented as equivalent to mastectomy. Not corect. Lumpectomy means just what one might guess, excision of a lump. Mastectomy is the surgical removal of the entire...
by VERBATIM Editor | Letters
While reading William Dougherty’s article “Bromides” (XXIV/1) about the reluctance that physicians exhibit in speaking frankly about their patients’ life-threatening conditions, using euphemisms and circumlocutions, I remembered an experience I had that...
by VERBATIM Editor | Letters, News
One of my favorite parts of VERBATIM has always been the letters to the editor. They’re often more like bite-size articles than like traditional letters to the editor. This one, below, was the first letter in Volume I, No. 1, from Eric Hamp. Dear Sir: People...
