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My two biggest pet peeves on here:

(1) Definately

(2) HIPPA (I have been known to publicly reprimand the offenders!!)

There are others, but enough for now ... what are YOUR contributions? I know your out there (and YES I did that on purpose) ... :D

Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

one that absolutely makes my skin crawl is often, despite the fact that it is now considered an alternate acceptable choice.:eek:

people in this area frequently say they "had my dog spaded." or "i just had my dog fixed." why? was he broken? why did you have your dog hit with a shovel? or... did you perhaps mean "spayed" and

"neutered" or "castrated?":d

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

My Spanish relatives are actually Spanish Jews, to make it more fun ... many speak a language called Ladino, which is Judaeo-Spanish. I'd love to learn it!

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Specializes in Tele, OB, public health.

One of the most annoying things I saw lately was a classmate posted the following on her facebook:

"Im mother of 2 sons, and I'm in my second year of college studing (sic) to become a RN nurse!"

Aside from the lack of an apostrophe and spelling error, do you think she realizes that saying "RN nurse" is saying "registered nurse nurse", and that she should just say RN or registered nurse?

Also this : "Live for today! cuz know one is guarenteed tomorrow."

:eek:

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
do you think she realizes that saying "RN nurse" is saying "registered nurse nurse", and that she should just say RN or registered nurse?

That's right up there with "Department of Redundancy Department." :D

Similar: "PIN number." You're just saying "personal identification number number."

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Specializes in Med/Tele, Home Health, Case Management.
I have heard this a few times and have no idea where people learned to say this:

"On today I did that documentation"

"I saw the patient on yesterday"

On yesterday? Really?

The other one that gets me is affect/effect.

I have heard this many times spoken by educated professionals. In my experience, those who say "on yesterday" or "on today" are members of a certain race. It bothers me, too, and I've always wondered why it's said that way.

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Or your BSN in nursing. :) I can't stand it when I hear that.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

"we reached a consensus of opinion." :eek: redundant!!!

"i don't know where it's at. :eek::eek:

"i want one to. :eek::eek: (you mean too. too is another word for also.)

well bread person...:eek::eek::eek:

you do not need to put a comma ten different places in most sentences. maybe shorter sentences would be a better idea instead? :idea:

one l-o-n-g sentence does not stand alone as a paragraph. it is still a run on sentence!:uhoh3:

don't try to impress your reader (or your editor) with big words if you don't quite know the precise

meaning of them or how to spell them correctly!!!!:mad::eek: not only will i not be impressed, but i'll subtract both iq and writing skill points.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in IMCU.

It is per se. It is not persay, per say pursay, pur say or any other say.

I feel much better now.

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Am I the only person that gets annoyed when I hear the phrase "I got to be to work?"

Really? You graduated high school and are able to hold down a job while butchering the English language?

Don't you love reading the stories of the collegiate athletes who graduate with a bachelors degree (usually in communications, isn't that ironic?) and still can't read beyond the eighth grade level?

It's like Forrest Gump says "Now can you believe it? After only five years of playing football, I got a college degree."

It's late. I'm sure I've left a few mistakes in this post to be corrected, but I hope that spelling isn't one. I love spell-check.:D

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Specializes in Tele, OB, public health.

one of my annoyances- "It was great to see you hun" It's hon, short for honey, okay?

I am not a eurasian nomad from the 5th century.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
The one that bothers me the most is when someone says, "Where are you at"?

Also, I'm not sure it's really grammar, but saying, "My bad" makes people sound stupid! Can't they just say, "oops"?

When I am on the phone and someone asks me, "Where are you at?" I reply, "before the preposition." Most of my friends don't get it...

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