Re-create a new bladder?
By Canellita
@Canellita (12029)
United States
August 5, 2010 12:35pm CST
Ok, what I want to know is, how do you re-create something that is new? You can create something new or you can re-create something that exists, but you can't re-create something that is being created.
I was listening to the news broadcast just now and the reporter was giving commentary on bladder cancer and a TV personality having it undergoing treatment (another news guy) and at the end he said doctors would re-create a new bladder.
This person is getting paid to do his job based on his communication skills, which include the ability ti properly use language. Anyone else see the problem here?
2 responses
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
9 Aug 10
Okay, this is what happened. You know how doctors are just practicing medicine? Well, the doctor created a bladder. It wasn't right, he was just practicing. So, he had to re-create his creation to make it work. The recipient is now taking medicine so he doesn't know about what the doctors are doing.
I hope the guy is okay. That's horrible news and even more "horribly" reported.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
16 Aug 10
So were you making a joke or was that a serious comment about what happened to the news guy?
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
7 Aug 10
My thoughts exactly. People get so caught up in what sounds better word-wise they don't always stop and think about meaning.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
16 Aug 10
Yup! I forgot what the news anchor said yesterday, it was some kind of crazy double negative that probably split an infinitive or something, but it sounded completely crazy and I almost sent a note to the station.
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