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

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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...

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Specializes in Utilization Management.
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...

Glad you got that off your chest, Greg.

Now about that typo in the last line of your post....

:devil:

:lol2: :lol2: JK, this is why we don't focus on spelling and grammar much here. Everyone makes mistakes.

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

I am a spelling freak as everyone knows. I try to hold my ire but those things are just part of the slanguage of netspeak. You just gotta take the thorns with the roses as Aunt Lila used to say.

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Typos, schmypos... ;)

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Specializes in Lie detection.
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...

i had to laugh, the first 2 don't bother me but the definately drives me bonkers!

[color=#483d8b]definitely definitely definitely

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[color=#483d8b](yes i am a member of the nutso spelling police!)

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, ER.

OK my peeve is the "THERE, THEIR, THEY'RE" especially when I read it in an official memo from work... Like from your Director: "ALL STAFF SHOULD PARK THERE CARS IN THE BACK LOT, NOT IN THE VISITOR LOT. VISITORS ARE ANGRY AND THEIR STARTING TO COMPLAIN", for example.

Good grief you have enough letters after your name to complete the alphabet, please learn this one so my head doesn't explode.

Typos don't bug me. But their is something about seeing the wrong there their that drives me bonkers.

And don't get me started on the "two, too, to" thing, two.

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How about this one, used regularly in conversation: irregardless! As in "irregardless of the facts, she did that". THERE'S NO SUCH WORD! It's REGARDLESS, you shmohs, LOL. Regardless. As in, 'without regard'. Whew.

Text message abbreviations used in place of actual typed words, as in "ur". Just what is that all about? It reminds me of speed-reading courses popular a decade or two ago.

Seeing an apostrophe placed in a word for the heck of it. As in "Sale on Banana's". It's plural. No apostrophe. And yet all the time "See the previous memo's".

I think I'm done for now :)

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Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
i had to laugh, the first 2 don't bother me but the definately drives me bonkers!

[color=#483d8b]definitely definitely definitely

[color=#483d8b]

[color=#483d8b](yes i am a member of the nutso spelling police!)

aha!

a former member of the "spelled that one wrong" department.

now, if only i could get over caring when people say or write..."irregardless" there is no such word, it is "regardless". i used to say irregardless until someone just had to point it out to me, sigh, now i am stuck with knowing that everytime i hear somone else use it...

gen

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

I think dethaw for thaw is the only word that irks me, aside from prostrate for prostate.

Other than that, the typos here don't drive me bonkers. I realize that quite a few people when posting here, had just gotten off of work, tired, ready for bed, etc.

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Specializes in Perinatal, Education.

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.

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Specializes in Emergency room, Flight, Pre-hospital.

I must confess, I'm one of those that drives all of you NUTS:trout: Spelling and grammer is my worst subject. I actually was put on probation my first semester of nursing school, for ...yes... spelling.:idea: My co-workers, always point out my WONDERFUL job of spelling when I am triage:lol2:. One of my really bad ones is assault, I always forget the 2nd A:devil: . Now if you give me some medical math or drug calculation I can knock your socks off, just don't ask me to spell it. He he he... ok much better now that I have confessed:lol2:

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Not just spelling, I can put up with misspelled words, but simple grammar.........the first time I heard a young mom tell me she "took her a bath"......in reference to her child, I thought "What??"

Others I have heard and still hear:

drank pills

got on/off the car (instead of in/out)

And I agree about the internet speak shortcuts. The first time I saw "prolly" I thought I was dealing with a teenager who speaks in "shortcut" and thought that's really how it's spelled!

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