What’s In A Name? Medical School Monikers In 2032 (January 17, 2022)
. . .
J “Mostly letters. Occasionally numbers. Sporadically symbols.”
K “Over the decades, those who claim to be folks of letters like to use a single letter or two letters or small letters to be clever and relevant. What about an admixture such as ‘T. s. Eliot’ or ‘e. E. Cummings’ to add gravitas? Or one letter cum serifs and one sans serifs?”
. . .
J “The University of Wisconsin-Madison Moderna School of Medicine and Public Health.”
K “The University of Wisconsin-Madison Pierre Kory School of Medicine and Public Health.”
. . .
J “Baylor University Pfizer College of Medicine.”
K “Baylor University Peter A. McCullough College of Medicine.”
. . .
J “Eastern Virginia Johnson & Johnson Medical School.”
K “Eastern Virginia Paul Marik Medical School.”
. . .
K “The winning side decides whose moniker is slapped on the dorm, the building, and the department.”
J “That is the way it is always decided. Almost everything never changes.”
. . .
J “To the victor go the spoils”
K “They are right. It really is a war. They also say that if you scratch a putative progressive, you will uncover an authoritarian.”
. . .
J “Pottersville.”
K “Bedford Falls.”
J “Bedford Falls.”
. . .
[See the e-commentary at “Rerouting History (February 15, 2016)” and “Covid-19 PanICdemic/Plague: Rioters / Protestors: Too Much Noise / Too Little Signal (June 8, 2020)”]
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