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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 09:04 AM
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Why are incompetent doctors called "Quacks"?
Does anyone know?
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 09:06 AM
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1. google knows everything :-)
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=quack
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 09:08 AM
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2. Thanks.
I googled and found stories about quacks, but not the entomology.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 10:58 AM
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5. Yaaaaaaaaaaay! Best typo today!
(I think you meant etymology.):D
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:56 PM
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9. LOL! Yeah.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 10:37 AM
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3. Check with Bill Frist
he should know by now . . .
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 10:50 AM
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4. Quack:
Edited on Fri Jun-17-05 10:51 AM by antiwarwarrior
"medical charlatan," 1638, short for quacksalver (1579), from Du. kwaksalver, lit. "hawker of salve," from M.Du. quacken "to brag, boast," lit. "to croak" (see quack (v.)) + zalf "salve." Cf. Ger. Quacksalber, Dan. kvaksalver, Swed. kvacksalvare.

Du. = Dutch?

Oh, right. Link: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=quack
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:04 AM
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6. Better yet
why are incompetent doctors employed?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:36 AM
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7. Now, there's an excellent question!
WHY are they? How are you doing, bushwentawol?

:hi:
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:46 AM
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8. because Chiropractor was taken.
:)
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