re: They're All Retarded page 2

"Well, let me put it this way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk. But for all I know, he could be out there practicing law somewhere."

The tag line won't work in the UK where coroners are legal officers of the court, usually solicitors. They don't sign death certificates, which is the job of doctors.

David
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Does exactly what it says on the tin.

This reminds me that the season is upon us where we stand on the coroner and watch all the ghouls go by.

And Shirley you must not neglect the heartwarming novel about a young necrophiliac who finally achieved his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner. (Thank you Tom Lehrer.)

I've always worried about that line, now I see why. UK coroners do not involve themselves with actual dead people - they're a sort of specialised judge.

David
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Does exactly what it says on the tin.

And Shirley you must not neglect the heartwarming novel about ... his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner. (Thank you Tom Lehrer.)

I've always worried about that line, now I see why. UK coroners do not involve themselves with actual dead people - they're a sort of specialised judge.

They did until fairly recently. The requirement that the coroner must "view the body" before holding an inquest was only abolished in the late 20th century. The requirement that a coroner must hold a legal qualification instead of (or as well as) a medical one dates from about the same time.

Don Aitken
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Give us a clue as to the 'they' in your ... Texas Supremes? Texas men? Lawyers? People sentenced to death? Juries?

I was thinking that one could deduce from the sentence that the prisoner, the lawyer, the writer of the article, and the editor were all retarded.

One could if one was retarded.

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A defending attorney was cross-examining a coroner.

Hey, this word 'coroner' belongs on my "orange class" list. Or do GenAms not use the "court" vowel in "coroner"?

I use the "court" vowel, same as in "coronation", etc.

Jerry Friedman

Hey, this word 'coroner' belongs on my "orange class" list. Or do GenAms not use the "court" vowel in "coroner"?

I use the "court" vowel, same as in "coronation", etc.

Aha. "Coronation" is another 'orange' one for me I use the "car" vowel.

I use the "court" vowel, same as in "coronation", etc.

Aha. "Coronation" is another 'orange' one for me I use the "car" vowel.

I use the "court"/"Cort" vowel in both "coroner" and "coronation" (as well as other words derived from "corona"). "Corollary" I have the "cot" vowel in.
I don't use the "car" vowel in anything not spelled with . (Except "nosh".)
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

Hey, this word 'coroner' belongs on my "orange class" list. Or do GenAms not use the "court" vowel in "coroner"?

I use the "court" vowel, same as in "coronation", etc.

I use different vowels in "court" and "coronation".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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I use different vowels in "court" and "coronation".

As do all English speakers - though you would have the same fowl if you were in court for stealing Coronation Chicken.

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