Gromits

RE: Gromits

Tony Knapp — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:33:40 GMT

Thanks all, pedantry and etymology all appreciated, we're going for an MRI to see what is going on where before any treatment.

Tony

RE: Gromits

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:21:09 GMT

[quote user="Rob Davis"]

C15: from obsolete French gourmette chain linking the ends of a bit, from gourmer bridle, of unknown origin

I'm disappointed! Do you have another version of its derivation?

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Ooh yes. It's seafaring. And I'm glad to be supported by http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=groom

The original grommet is a little ring made of rope. Sailors called it a gromet, or little boy.

If you can't work out why, I'd better not enlighten you!

RE: Gromits

Rob Davis — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:10:52 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]Look up the origin of the word, it may raise a smile. It's rather rude.[/quote]

Grommet:

Word Origin

C15: from obsolete French gourmette chain linking the ends of a bit, from gourmer bridle, of unknown origin

I'm disappointed! Do you have another version of its derivation?

RE: Gromits

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:09:58 GMT

Wot Andrew said.

By the way, and not being pedantic, the word is usually spelled "grommet". (Gromit is a fictional character). Look up the origin of the word, it may raise a smile. It's rather rude.

RE: Gromits

Andrew Kent — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:09:49 GMT

This was described by the RVC last year in CKCS with secretory otitis media, see here:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsap.12397/abstract

But it doesn't make sense that it would do anything for BOAS as the amount of drainage down the eustachian tube is minimal.

They would be better to consider better classification of the upper airway problem and potential surgery?

Andy

RE: Gromits

Thomas Johnson — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:38:47 GMT

[quote user="Tony Knapp"]

my questions are a) anyone used gromits in dogs and

b) any use in using it outside of glue ear or equivilent?

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I have heard of them being used in Cavaliers with Primary Secretory Otitis Media (glue ear), but I can't see the benefit for brachycepahlic syndrome.