I’ve never heard of a pediatrician being read as a pedophile. Is this somehow specific to the UK spelling or UK culture?
There are cases where I’ve noticed British English speakers use truncated forms where Americans don’t. Like “uni” for university, or “veg” - is it the case that paediatricians/pediatricians are referred to as paedos/pedos and that causes ambiguity? That would be unfortunate.
No it's just barely literate idiot thugs. They're not pronounced or spelt any more similarly than in AmE or anything. It's just 'oh paediatrician that's what paedo is short for innit'.
(there might be some overlap there, I haven't actually read more than necessary to check they're not cases of the paediatrician actually being a paedophile too, there is some of that unfortunately)
There are cases where I’ve noticed British English speakers use truncated forms where Americans don’t. Like “uni” for university, or “veg” - is it the case that paediatricians/pediatricians are referred to as paedos/pedos and that causes ambiguity? That would be unfortunate.