I confess, at first I couldn't figure out what these Twitter users were complaining about:
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But finally I realized the true object of their hatred -- it was another word with Greek roots, not the ancient physician.
Rest assured that searching "Hippocrates" on Twitter mostly turns up people who've used the name correctly. Searching "hate" and "hippocrates," on the other hand, is a sad, sad thing. Except for a couple of these:
How could anyone really hate hippo crates?
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Autocorrect or Ignorance?
Posted at 6:48 PM
Categories: Honey--Get Me Rewrite, Words at Play
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