DIARY/DAIRY
This is one of the common spelling mistakes that I have come
across in my carrier of 12 years in the MT profession. I have my own way to deal with this problem,
distinguishing between Diary and Dairy, which I would like to share with you.
DIARY: As
we know, this means daily written record of usually personal experiences,
records, observations. Please note the "I" that comes before A, that is importance of
"I", i.e., it is something about ME, where I become the first importance, records written
by me.
For example, doctor might say "food diary," "seizure
diary," "blood pressure diary," "headache diary," so
these are the records written by the patients.
DAIRY:
This means products derived from milk.
Note the "A" that comes before
I. Let us assume that "A" stands for the word "Adore" or things that we adore or love to have,
like ice creams and chocolates, like "Amul
Butter," "Baskin-Robbins,"
" Kwality Wall's,"
"Cadbury's Dairy
Milk," and etc.
So that we can connect, like I adore/love chocolates/ice
creams, chocolates/ice creams come from milk, so with "A"
before "I" means Love for milk or milk products.
For example, doctor might say "allergic to dairy
products."
BOTTOM LINE
Diary: If "I" comes first, then it is a record of myself or the patient himself/herself, preference of "I" over everything.
Dairy: If "A" comes first, it means Adore, or love. I love chocolates and ice creams, that comes from milk, it represents love for chocolates and ice creams.
Please let me know if you have any suggestion or questions.
