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Re:English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2... by ghaff on Sunday March 28, 2021 @09:27AM (#26610183)
>I have never visited an eye doctor but I get my specs from an optician.

You sure? At least where I live, you get an exam from an "eye doctor" (typically an optometrist) when you get a prescription. An optician fits and sells glasses. Ophthalmologists are M.D.s who have broader latitude in prescribing medications, etc.

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Re:English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2... by timthorn on Sunday March 28, 2021 @11:55AM (#26611363)
This is one of the differences between UK and US English. In Britain, the term "eye doctor" just isn't used.

It's of a type with legislator vs law-maker; it's only really in the past few years that politicians in the UK have occasionally been referred to as law-makers.

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