RTE usgae of the term "Astronomist"

dmcdona wrote: I was called an "Astronomist" on RTE radio 1 once. But I didn't have the heart to correct them.

I was called an astrologer and an astronomist on live radio TWICE and definitely had the heart to correct them! Hate it when we get called anything else other than an astronomer.

Seanie.

Seanie_Morris wrote:
Hate it when we get called anything else other than an astronomer.

Especially if its derogatory.

Yea, like a DJ or something...

johnomahony wrote: It may be a product of the early days of the psuedosciences of astrology and economics, both fields rarely predicting the future. Take an "Astrologer" and combine it with an " Economist" and hey presto you have an Astronomist.

yea, exactly, both astrologers and economists talk nothing but sh..e anyway. :laugh: :laugh:

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