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1. OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: "David Hill" <Davhill@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 18:19:32 +0100; Can anyone help with the everyday or common usage of a word in the US? The word is 'obese'-is this ever used in a derogatory way in America, or is it more like a clinical or 'professional' term? Apo; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00197.html (7,476 bytes)
2. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 13:32:44 -0400; It's in common use, but not really derogatory per se. It's not restricted to the doctor's office, but it's just used in a descriptive way, similar to "large". You could, of course, make it derogatory; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00200.html (8,379 bytes)
3. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: paul.hunt1@virgin.net; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 19:43:41 +0100; In the UK 'obese' is a medical term for 'very overweight, dangerously so'. 'Fat', 'Gigantic', 'Huge' and 'Enormous' are derogatory, even though they may be descriptively accurate. PaulH. is; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00209.html (8,102 bytes)
4. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 14:55:18 -0400; I'm not the medical doctor doctor but I did teach anatomy & physiology for a number of years. As a descriptor of the human condition, it is a statistical term used to describe someone based on a body; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00212.html (10,419 bytes)
5. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: "David Hill" <Davhill@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:26:07 +0100; Grateful thanks to all of you for writing back about this. For those who wanted to know, it's to do with the final part of my psych Master's statistics course. I have to write a critical review of a; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00232.html (7,969 bytes)
6. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:21:14 EDT; << Grateful thanks to all of you for writing back about this. For those who wanted to know, it's to do with the final part of my psych Master's statistics course. I have to write a critical review of; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00250.html (8,216 bytes)
7. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:59:08 EDT; << Apologies in advance for my use of bandwidth. >> David: The above is a "perfect" usage of said word. (IMHO, of course!!) Cheers............ Ed; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00254.html (7,188 bytes)
8. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 18:44:20 -0700; Sheesh,, Ed, what were you drinking today? How on earth can an apology be construed as a definition of "obese"? Methinks there should be a dictionary up there on your shelf, next to the shop manuals; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00256.html (7,982 bytes)
9. Re: OFF TOPIC-Semantics (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:02:02 EDT; << Sheesh,, Ed, what were you drinking today? How on earth can an apology be construed as a definition of "obese"? >> Er, "THOUGHT" process, Lawrie???? Geeeez, now the List Police will be after me, I; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00258.html (7,356 bytes)

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