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"He seems to be in stable condition in hospital" or would Americans say...

"He seems to be in stable condition in THE hospital"?

First quote taken from British TV news and it got me wondering.

[bold](ALERT: photo of gay in (the) hospital used for illustration purposes only)[/bold]

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by Anonymousreply 43June 5, 2020 10:36 PM

It’s used as a place, not a condition in the US.

by Anonymousreply 1June 5, 2020 7:56 AM

in hospital = any hospital or hospital in general in THE hospital = a specific hospital

by Anonymousreply 2June 5, 2020 7:58 AM

He looks like Henry Cavill, so he'd be "in hospital".

by Anonymousreply 3June 5, 2020 8:21 AM

We say “in A stable condition”.

by Anonymousreply 4June 5, 2020 9:07 AM

We say...yum!

by Anonymousreply 5June 5, 2020 9:34 AM

American usage - "in the hospital" - can be specific or general. The specific article "the" is used but the speaker may be meaning the state or condition - and NOT a specific hospital. "He's in the hospital" carries both meanings anyway, in one way of looking at it. - he is in a hospital and he is in "the" hospital that he is in.

The British use is more exact.

Americans also say:

He went to the emergency room.

He's in the ICU

His body is in the morgue.

(not saying which specific one)

by Anonymousreply 6June 5, 2020 9:35 AM

We added the "the" to hospital that you Brits added to days of the week. "On the Monday..."

by Anonymousreply 7June 5, 2020 10:06 AM

I thought this was going to be porn and it ended up in some shomstitaple nonsense!

by Anonymousreply 8June 5, 2020 10:13 AM

I want to floss my teeth with his chest hair!

by Anonymousreply 9June 5, 2020 10:16 AM

In England we say the car's in THE garage - but, he's in hospital.

We also use THE for important streets - he lives off THE Old Kent Road... Americans drop "road" and would say off Old Kent...and the strreets there are so long you'd always refer to the cross street. The only time we exclude the words street or road is if we live on it.

For some reason we also used to say we live IN a certain street - but now we say ON like the Americans.

by Anonymousreply 10June 5, 2020 10:50 AM

In the last 20 or so years, Americans now say "going to prom" instead of THE prom. And dropped the "from" about graduations. I don't like either change.

by Anonymousreply 11June 5, 2020 11:09 AM

We would say, “he’s in stable condition in THE hospital, which means his ass is out on the street as soon as the last drop works it way through that IV drip.”

“And he’s not getting his shirt back.”

by Anonymousreply 12June 5, 2020 11:11 AM

So would I say that I’m in lust with the hairy hottie patient, or in THE lust with the hairy hottie patient?

by Anonymousreply 13June 5, 2020 11:17 AM

THE hospital gay is cute.

A nice NORMAL body.

by Anonymousreply 14June 5, 2020 11:31 AM

We say, my tongue when in the anus, not in anus.

by Anonymousreply 15June 5, 2020 11:38 AM

Canadians also say "in hospital", as an American, it hurts my ears.

by Anonymousreply 16June 5, 2020 11:46 AM

The times I have seen male patients in A hospital in Florida shown on the television, they always are shirtless. It almost appears they are naked. Aren't they allowed to wear those tie in the back PJ things? Serious question.

by Anonymousreply 17June 5, 2020 11:54 AM

He’s in Hospital because he can’t get anyone to sit on his raging boner and he feels like he’s going to die!

by Anonymousreply 18June 5, 2020 12:02 PM

Looks like he's getting a blood transfusion.

by Anonymousreply 19June 5, 2020 12:05 PM

Looks like he’s getting a cum transfusion.

by Anonymousreply 20June 5, 2020 12:12 PM

I can handle the the or no the, but one thing I can not abide in British and much of European English speaking parlance is treatment of a singular entity as a plural entity. They say something like "United Airlines HAVE canceled many flights today" or "United Airlines ARE lowering ticket prices". Saying it that way treats the subject (United Airlines) as more than one company. In the US we say "United Airlines HAS canceled many flights today" or "United Airlines IS lowering ticket prices". Its only one company for pity's sake.

Get it together you lovely folks across the pond!

by Anonymousreply 21June 5, 2020 12:16 PM

Do you think R20 at least makes HIMSELF laugh?

by Anonymousreply 22June 5, 2020 12:17 PM

My my my, ain't he a healthy lad! He's a wonder to behold. Those nipples are just meant to be tweaked.

by Anonymousreply 23June 5, 2020 12:20 PM

Americans pronounce the word School as Skool and Schedule as Skedule. Brits pronounce School as Skool and Schedule as Shedule. How come?

by Anonymousreply 24June 5, 2020 12:23 PM

they're TINY his nips, R23 - some imagination you have!

by Anonymousreply 25June 5, 2020 12:25 PM

[quote]Americans pronounce the word School as Skool and Schedule as Skedule. Brits pronounce School as Skool and Schedule as Shedule. How come?

why do Brits pronounce lieutenant "left-tenant"?

I once pronounced it the American way in class at my English skool and everyone laughed.

by Anonymousreply 26June 5, 2020 12:27 PM

[quote] they're TINY his nips, [R23]

That's why they need to be tweaked. To make them stand up and be noticed in all that forestation.

by Anonymousreply 27June 5, 2020 12:31 PM

“Doctor, I’m having an erection that is lasting longer than 4 hours”

by Anonymousreply 28June 5, 2020 12:32 PM

I am not A Eunice Burns, I am THE Eunice Burns.

by Anonymousreply 29June 5, 2020 12:33 PM

In speech we Americans treat a hospital as a physical place. Brits treat it as a situation of being.

by Anonymousreply 30June 5, 2020 12:43 PM

Who cares whether one says "in hospital" or" in the hospital."

I'm more interested in that guy in the bed.

by Anonymousreply 31June 5, 2020 12:47 PM

"Stable condition" is a bullshit term that doesn't mean anything. It just means the patient is in the same condition as they were at some unspecified earlier time. Hospitals say someone is "stable" rather than releasing their true condition. If someone was near death an hour ago, and now they're still near death, they're in "stable condition." But people seem to think that "stable condition" means "The patient is fine. Everything is OK."

by Anonymousreply 32June 5, 2020 1:07 PM

Now for the *REALLY* important question:

Is it “DataLounge” or “THE DataLounge”?

by Anonymousreply 33June 5, 2020 1:32 PM

I thought that was DL icon Colby Keller in OP's pic. I thought that bitch will do anything for attention...

by Anonymousreply 34June 5, 2020 2:38 PM

[quote] Is it “DataLounge” or “THE DataLounge”?

Depends on how you use the term IMO. I would either say "I'm going to Datalounge" or "I'm going to THE Datalounge Forum". But, if the name was Data Lounge I would say "I'm going to THE Data Lounge".

by Anonymousreply 35June 5, 2020 3:18 PM

Yum - I love my hairy brethren.

by Anonymousreply 36June 5, 2020 3:25 PM

"In the hospital" or more likely "at the hospital" for Americans.

We never stay in hospital or go to university.

Are you trying to learn to disguise yourself as an American better, Boris?

by Anonymousreply 37June 5, 2020 4:26 PM

Is there anybody who can tell me when Britons stopped being subjects and became citizens?

by Anonymousreply 38June 5, 2020 6:29 PM

i wrote a status message "I am in A hospital" and worried people wrote "omg! get well soon!" To me, "in hospital" or 'in THE hospital" is synonymous with "hospitalized", "in a hospital" is like "in a bank," "in a church," "in a restaurant," some place I expect to be out of within an hour or two.

by Anonymousreply 39June 5, 2020 6:34 PM

All we are saying, is give ‘the’ a chance.

by Anonymousreply 40June 5, 2020 10:04 PM

Without an article preceding the noun, it sounds Russian. You wouldn’t say, “Dish is in cupboard,” or, “I found recipe in book.”

by Anonymousreply 41June 5, 2020 10:24 PM

Coronavirus vs. The Coronavirus

Cancer vs The Cancer as in, "He died of the cancer on Wednesday."

Congress vs The Congress as in, "Has the Congress passed the bill?"

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by Anonymousreply 42June 5, 2020 10:36 PM

Coronavirus vs. The Coronavirus

Cancer vs The Cancer as in, "He died of the cancer on Wednesday."

Congress vs The Congress as in, "Has the Congress passed the bill?"

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by Anonymousreply 43June 5, 2020 10:36 PM
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