I've noticed people talking about abortion and they're obviously referring to miscarriage, which I know is at least the US term for a spontaneous abortion. So is calling miscarriage an abortion (because a miscarriage is an abortion by the body) a UK thing, like how fries are chips, and chips are crisps, and diapers are nappies, and that kinda thing?
2006-08-05
01:50:44
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criticalcatalyst
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"Where on earth did you get this idea from ?"
From people who say abortion and are obviously talking about miscarriage. I don't know if it's used that way in other countries, and the UK was the only one I can think of since it's a country that speaks English. I don't know if it's a translation thing or just a different English thing. I was curious. But I do know that many sites refer to miscarriage as the spontaneous abortion of the fetus, so I assumed that's where the mixup keeps coming from.
2006-08-05
02:04:30 ·
update #1