From: Barry Garcia (barry_garcia@csumb.edu)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 09:05:52 EST
romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
>> Now, I certainly HOPE C-a
>> gives up phlebotomy along with the rest of the
>> world
>> in the 1800's, but we'll have to see how things
>> evolve.
>
>Actually, I think it was alive into the early
>20th century. Hey - there's a good Greek root
>that could pass into C-a (perhaps through
>Arabic?): phleb-, a blood vessel.
Hmmm funny, my dad used to take blood for testing at labs and he said he
was a "plebotomist". The word must have a different meaning now. As a joke
they actually called themselves "Vampires".
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