When singers record music videos, do they sing or lip sync
Oh I know this one! (Friend is a backing singer) they lip sync, apparently very tricky
Tampons if unconscious - they'll generally want to catheterise you anyway, so then they'll notice and remove a tampon (and may consider a dx of TSS) they won't replace a tampon but apply pads or pop on an incontinence pant
Language. Who decided "we'll call this a table" and everyone in the country agreed??
Linguistics grad here - this question has stumped experts for aeons! You can look up and learn the etymology for each word but nobody really knows where the very first words came from - tons of theories though. Main one relates to how our brains tend to make onomatopoeic connections mostly but that clearly doesn't apply to all. It's arbitrary and organic but is also believed to be informed by sounds from nature and our ability to mimic those sounds and then onto combining sounds etc
FYI table has a Latin root from tabula via french spelling rules - there's really no such thing as "English" language as very few commonly used modern words are Anglo Saxon in origin. Most of it is Latin, Greek, or otherwise European with a fair smattering of loan words (basically words we stole!) from other countries further afield than Europe due to colonisation travels eg pyjamas which is Persian in origin. I love the subject and would love to do some post grad study on language development, history and codification. As a scot I find the regional languages and dialects within our relatively small nation totally fascinating, especially as I spoke a little Gaelic as a child due to a great grandparent still alive who only spoke that, sadly a skill lost to me now.
I mean, we speak a different language, have animal sounds evolved differently too?
There is some evidence that not only do animals have different languages but even dialects!
@Ormally - excellent link probably a combination of lots of different theories
Food ones fascinate me too - like why the fuck would you think mushrooms or fish are a good idea to eat?! And did cooking food come about accidentally or through experimentation?
@BakedTattie - incontinence pants again of course, but better quality ones than can be bought otc, imo then you change and clean patients as needed. You have to be very careful to do so as faeces and urine and even sweat can all contribute to breaking down the skin contributing to bed sores and other issues. Sometimes they need help to evacuate there are various methods and techniques for this.
@Angrypregnantlady I kinda have the opposite to you, high pain threshold, painkillers anaesthesia etc have little effect on me due to genetics. A touch that is painful to others is merely sensation to me
Re general anaesthesia and intubation and moving patients - yes always intubated, how you are moved can vary depending on the surgery involved, how those caring for you were trained and when etc. I remember myself having surgery and forgetting all this, gynae surgery and I couldn't figure out why my arms were so bloody sore, it was of course because they were placed above my head to keep the area clear but I was befuddled at the time
angrypregnantlady this was also my own first surgery, was coming around quite a bit as I left the theatre and learned later that anaesthetist had needed to "top me up" during too. My dad came around during his appendectomy (there are safeguards to prevent such occurrences now this was a long time ago)