Emergency Medicine and Education Blog
In the world of medicine there has been a grammatical battle raging for what seems an eternity.
“Who are the warring parties?”, you ask.
On one side are those that say “nauseating”, and on the the other, those that say “nauseous”.
“Other related terms from the 17th century
Related Posts
An oslerphile suffering from a bad case of knowledge dipsosis. Key areas of interest include: emergency medicine, critical care, toxicology, tropical medicine, clinical epidemiology, history, literature and the internet-learning revolution. @precordialthump
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by precordialthump. precordialthump said: In the 'Fast Lane': Sickening grammar http://tinyurl.com/yhwtee5 [...]
In the 'Fast Lane': Sickening grammar http://tinyurl.com/yhwtee5
RT @precordialthump: In the 'Fast Lane': Sickening grammar http://tinyurl.com/yhwtee5 – I find the whole argument nauseative
Congratulations, I'm glad you brought this important controversy to our attention. Personally, when feeling unwell, I would much rather be “nauseated”. I don't very much like the idea of being “nauseous” to others.
Congratulations, I'm glad you brought this important controversy to our attention. Personally, when feeling unwell, I would much rather be “nauseated”. I don't very much like the idea of being “nauseous” to others.
@BiteTheDust Nauseous or nauseated? http://su.pr/22IO2P
RT @precordialthump: @BiteTheDust Nauseous or nauseated? http://su.pr/22IO2P – both after thinking of fuschia as a colour!