Re: Lame-ictal - Ha ha ha!

Posted by Sean on October 12, 1999, at 13:25:42

In reply to Lame-ictal????, posted by Bob on October 12, 1999, at 8:52:41

> > Ictal is also part of the brand name for
> > Lamotrigine >>> Lamictal, which is an anticonvulsant...
> > I love words!
>
> Okay, I know with these quasi-latin drug names, that first a is supposed to be a short vowel sound. BUT, if we were to assume instead that it follows Standard English pronunciation, a vcv combination would mean the first vowel would be prounced as a long a. So
>
> Lamictal -- seizures so lame, you don't even know they're there.
>
> Nah!
> Bob
Good one Bob. Wouldn't it be fun to be the people
who named drugs? I think there is big money in it.
Applied semiotics really. I don't know where they
got Edronax for reboxetine though, cause that
sounds like a loser name to me.

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