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Americans call it as Eye Hospital

 
 
Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 08:26 am
Not as Ophthalmology Hospital.

But:



You know that in US there are eye hospitals which specialize ophthalmology.
Are there liver hospital s which specialize liver disease?

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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 09:34 am
@oristarA,
My guess is that the author did not want to assume that the reader would know what "ophthalmology" meant, so instead of saying "there are hospitals which specialize ophthalmology," he added the "eye" description so that the meaning of ophthalmology could be inferred. It is not necessary or common to refer to a hospital like that.
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 09:38 am
@oristarA,
No.
There are hospitals which have specialties in Internal Medicine or Cancer. New York Presbyterian Hospital has a unit within itself called:

The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation (CLDT) of the NewYork-Presbyterian Transplant Institute.

But no Liver Hospital.

We tend to name hosptials for people or places, at least, we do in New York City: Lennox Hill, Sloan-Kettering, St. Vincents.

Joe

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oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 10:00 am
Thank you both.
So :

Eye Hospital is okay, while Liver Hospital is not?
engineer
 
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 11:57 am
@oristarA,
Everyone would know what you meant with "eye hospital" since there is enough stuff you can do to your eyes to justify a special facility. Saying liver hospital would be ok gramatically, but most people would find an entire facility dedicated to the liver as strange because it's not that big of a specialty. There is nothing wrong with saying "liver hospital" if you have a hospital that just does liver procedures.
Joe Nation
 
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 04:07 pm
@engineer,
Engineer is correct. I think if I was writing about a 'liver' hospital I would refer to it as Hospital for Internal Medicine.

Joe .. Nation
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 04:15 pm

The Mayo Clinic specialises in salads.
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 04:16 pm
@Joe Nation,
Quote:
I think if I was writing about a 'liver' hospital I would refer to it as Hospital for Internal Medicine


England has a Liver Building, (in Liverpool).
Joe Nation
 
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 08:42 pm
@McTag,
Is it a hospital limited to liver disease?
oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 12 May, 2010 08:50 pm
@Joe Nation,
I can't wait for the answer from McTag.
Joe Nation
 
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Reply Thu 13 May, 2010 08:04 am
@oristarA,
It's a very nice building which contains offices for various insurance and welfare groups. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Royal_Liver_Building.jpg/120px-Royal_Liver_Building.jpg

It's not a hospital.

Joe(that McTag, he's a scamp.)Nation
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JTT
 
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Reply Thu 13 May, 2010 11:02 am
@oristarA,
Americans call it [as] Eye Hospital

BUT

Americans refer to it as Eye Hospital
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 12:55 am
@JTT,
Nice.
Thank you.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 12:58 am
@McTag,
They treat any diseases as easy as treating salads?

It's still a compliment. Very Happy
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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 04:01 am
@oristarA,

A compliment!

Is that a Chinese joke? I like it.

A complement? A condiment!

By the way, I help teach in a literacy class and we have students from China, North Korea, and Vietnam, among others.

(I'm teaching them to avoid AmE like the plague.) (another joke)
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 04:31 am
@McTag,
Very Happy

Times have changed. You're both right and wrong.

Traditionally speaking, you are right; but when talking it in the backgroud of influence, of science and economy of the United States, you've probably overreacted on AmE and might be wrong. Just think over this example: Microsoft, a new word in AmE, is now a great name; but if it failed to influence the science and economy of the world, it may turn out to be a name going to oblivion. Luckily, it is still a good word - one of American contributions for English language.

McTag
 
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 01:26 pm
@oristarA,

Fair enough.
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