> 
> diener was used to refer to someone who helps assist with the 
> dead, it is 
> derived from the German and literally means slave. Some 
> prefer not to use it 
> today. Politically correct and all that. we call our guy (who 
> is wonderful) 
> our Morgue Attendant.                                  Dana

Wrong translation! The German word "Diener" means servant, not slave (German
"Sklave"), so there's no political incorrectness at all to use this word.

BTW: recently I came across another German word in CDM Fletcher's book:
"zellballen". I'm wondering how many other German words are used by
pathologists or histologists.

Alex Nader