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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoMedic has the common connotation of emergency medic, also called corpsman in the military.
minus-squarezaperberry@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoOdd thing to nitpick, but since we ARE nitpicking; medics might be referred to as corpsman in the US military. Other countries with militaries have them too. We just call them medics. There’s a whole world outside of the USA.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThey’re only corpsmen in the Navy. In the other branches they’re medics, except the Marines which don’t have any (they borrow corpsmen from the Navy).
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago We just call them medics. That’s also my point.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt can do, but that’s no basis on which to say “they weren’t a medic”. You can correctly call a physician a medic.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSigh. Common connotation.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo? Is it so common that it’s wrong to say the word without the connotation?
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-229 days ago also called Navy corpsman in the military Navy/USMC
Medic has the common connotation of emergency medic, also called corpsman in the military.
Odd thing to nitpick, but since we ARE nitpicking; medics might be referred to as corpsman in the US military. Other countries with militaries have them too. We just call them medics.
There’s a whole world outside of the USA.
They’re only corpsmen in the Navy. In the other branches they’re medics, except the Marines which don’t have any (they borrow corpsmen from the Navy).
That’s also my point.
It can do, but that’s no basis on which to say “they weren’t a medic”. You can correctly call a physician a medic.
Sigh. Common connotation.
So? Is it so common that it’s wrong to say the word without the connotation?