This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

[GregRN]

Okay, it's HIPAA, not HIPPA. And, it's JCAHO, not JACHO. And, another one that's been getting to me lately: it's spelled "definitely", not "definately".

Thanks for listenting. Okay. Much better now...

[EmerNurse, BSN, RN]

I find that the "mute,moot" thing is a very common mistake. Doesn't bother me though, as it's not as common a word as "there" or "too".

I like this thread. It's a peeve thread, and we are admittedly a tad anal, but it isn't directed at anyone in particular and may very well educate in a roundabout way.

We should consider this threat the 12-step for grammar/definition peeves.

Hi my name is EmerNurse and.... you get the picture.

On the topic of "drank pills" etc, many of these are regional variations. I know up in the NE where I'm from, we often don't "turn off" a light, we "close the light". Makes no sense, but some of these can be used to actually figure out where a person is from, which is kind of cool. Any others have regional phrases they use, even though they know they're wrong?

[jollyjenny]

Okay, I've got a few grammar pet peeves myself:

When using the word "advice." You give someone "advice," but you can "advise" someone to do something. For example: "Please advise me on what career path I should take." or "I need your advice."

Another one-the period, comma, exclamation point, etc., all go inside the quotation marks-not outside!!

[nurseklw72]

Here's one that makes me crazy. The little old ladies who come into the hospital and say they need to go to "radio-ology for a mammeogram" .

[medsurgnurse, RN]

Ok, this isn't spelling or grammar related: What makes me crazy is people talking about getting their RN "degree" :smackingf HELLO - RN is what you get to use after you pass boards.

Ok someone finally hit on the one that drives me insane. "I'm gonna get my RN." "get my RN" "get my RN" I want to run screaming from the room. This bothers me so much because this person speaking is enrolled, preparing to enroll, or applying to an institution of higher learning. Yet does not have command of the English language.

"Prolly" brings to mind a particular post froma CNA who ranted and raved about CNAs knowing just as much as RNs, and her post was sprinkled with a generous portion of 'prollys'. I was hard to give weight to the arguement with that and severe lack of english skills.

My typing or 'chicken pecking' is terrible so I know my posts are not free from errors.

[TazziRN, RN]

My former MIL, bless her sweet heart, had trouble with pronunciation too. She said "mammeogram" and also lost her baby house to "endodemiosis."

Cirql8, my ex, damm his black heart, used to say "mute" all the time.....drove me bonkers!

[carolinapooh, BSN, RN]

Thanks for making me feel better, guys! I just had a post pulled today for pointing out a their/there thing. I didn't make a personal attack, but that kind of thing just wears on me. I'm glad to see I am not alone. I will continue to suffer alongside you in silence.

Know what drives me spare??

An apostrophe-"s" used AS A PLURAL. Folks, it is a POSSESSIVE.

"That coat is Jen's." - CORRECT

"The dog's toy is there." - CORRECT

"We bought eight toy's." - NOT CORRECT. To speak of multiple TOYS - or multiple ANYTHING, for that matter - you do NOT USE AN APOSTROPHE-"S".

Drives me NUT'S.

[carolinapooh, BSN, RN]

My pet peeve..

"I could care less"

it's "I COULDN'T care less!!!"

If you COULD care less, that means that you DO care!!

Let me axe you this... (just kidding...)

That really doesn't bother me; it's so ingrained in the vernacular that getting it out will never happen. That's almost splitting hairs, especially where I live.

If you want to get technical, to say, "I was so mad," is equally incorrect. The correct term is actually "angry". I had a semantics/English language professor point that out to me years ago.

And to be quite frank, I could care less, but I choose not to.

[TazziRN, RN]

"Prolly" brings to mind a particular post froma CNA who ranted and raved about CNAs knowing just as much as RNs, and her post was sprinkled with a generous portion of 'prollys'. I was hard to give weight to the arguement with that and severe lack of english skills.

"Prolly" is not a grammar issue, it's internet shorthand according to my daughter.

[jodi_cmsrn]

Okay, have a couple of these myself. One co-worker always includes a patients stat (instead of sat) when discussing their oxygen use, and another one always includes that a patient is alert and orientated.

[TazziRN, RN]

Nauseated is another one!

[vloho]

I think there is too much slang when nurses say marz instead of using the initials, but everyone still calls a UTI irritating.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

This is a great thread . . . I'd better not get started. . . .

steph