Paed is latin for child, i.e. paediatrician = specialist doctor in children's medicine whereas Ped is latin for Foot e.e. pedestrian, pedometer - So a Pedophile is a foot-lover! Just asking!
2007-07-02 21:24:23 · 8 answers · asked by Julia 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
lululaluau - I remember the case you mean - how embarrassing was that!
2007-07-02 21:55:56 · update #1
Americans have adapted language removing the ae sound from many words to just an e therefore it's spelt Pedophile and pronounced as such. As for Brits well they are just silly then. It's quite funny how the latin works out in the word after the simplification. I wonder if other adapted words have also got strange latin meanings .
2007-07-02 21:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by mintycakeyfroggy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About three years ago, a suburb close to where I live was the site of some extremely stupid, "torch and pitchfork" vigilante violence, whipped up by The Sun and it's "Paedo's are everywhere" campaign. One of the victims was a Paediatrician..... (I am not joking, I believe she had bricks thrown at her house and car) The level of ignorance in this country scares me sometimes.
2007-07-02 21:36:56 · answer #2 · answered by lululaluau 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the society that wants to use short or abbreviated versions of words this happens,people in too big a hurry to do anything.The results are letters dropped to make the words shorter..Orthopedics is another word spelled different
(orthopaedics)
2007-07-03 03:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by blakree 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Julia....how many people know proper English on here so how do you expec them to know latin and latin root forms?
2007-07-02 21:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This annoys me too, people using words they dont know how to say properly or dont know the meaning of.
2007-07-02 22:24:14 · answer #5 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they're stupid. People who can't spell are illiterate, plain and simple. What's wrong with "child molester," anyway?
2007-07-02 21:31:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol good point why do Americans hate those with a foot fetish so much?
2007-07-02 21:56:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u say tomato i say tamato potato-patato
2007-07-02 21:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by niacey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋