Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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Doesn't it just drive you insane when someone tells you that Mr. Smith's O2 STAT is 96%?

It's O2 SAT people! Sat, short for saturation. I even hear respiratory therapists saying this. I am sooooo tempted to say something next time, but I know it's just petty, so I needed to vent here. Thank you.

diva rn said:
And I will leave you with "I'm an excellent driver"........:)

(loved that movie)

Yeah- it was good ?

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

Not nursing related, but my husband pronounces genre "JON-ray."

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Not_A_Hat_Person said:
Not nursing related, but my husband pronounces genre "JON-ray."

That would bug me ! :D

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xtxrn said:
That would bug me ! :D

I think it's kinda cute..I think I knew a guy named Jon-ray..:)...I might have have married him...well, my first husband's name was Jon but his middle name was something else....;)

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diva rn said:
I think it's kinda cute..I think I knew a guy named Jon-ray..:)...I might have have married him...well, my first husband's name was Jon but his middle name was something else....;)

It wasn't Jon Boy, was it ? :D

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xtxrn said:
It wasn't Jon Boy, was it ? :D

Good one...no, it wasn't...I won't reveal his last name but his name was very very upper crust...he came from a very "we came over on the mayflower" family..his name is Jonathan Wellington __________ the third.. very blue blood...that's also why he's my "first" husband ;)..actually he's a good guy.

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diva RN said:
Good one...no, it wasn't...I won't reveal his last name but his name was very very upper crust...he came from a very "we came over on the mayflower" family..his name is Jonathan Wellington __________ the third.. very blue blood...that's also why he's my "first" husband ..actually he's a good guy.

Yeah- upper crust can become sort of "where's the Kleenex" crusty after a while 

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teeniebert said:
So do I. I base my pronunciation on the name brand Toprol, which sounds much better as TOE-prawl than toe-PROLL.

me TOE proe lole

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OK I'm sorry, but I have to finally address the "nauseous" vs. "nauseated" debate. here is exactly what I found on merriam-webster's site (please pay attention to the last paragraph):

1: causing nausea or disgust : nauseating

2: affected with nausea or disgust

— nau-seous-ly adverb

— nau-seous-ness noun

usage discussion of nauseous

those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only in sense 1 and that in sense 2 it is an error for nauseated are mistaken. current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. use of nauseous in sense 1 is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. nauseated is used more widely than nauseous in sense 2.

"expresso" also makes me cringe. 

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simba&nalasmom said:

OK I'm sorry, but I have to finally address the "nauseous" vs. "nauseated" debate. here is exactly what I found on merriam-webster's site (please pay attention to the last paragraph):

1: causing nausea or disgust : nauseating

2: affected with nausea or disgust

— nau-seous-ly adverb

— nau-seous-ness noun

usage discussion of nauseous

those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only in sense 1 and that in sense 2 it is an error for nauseated are mistaken. current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. use of nauseous in sense 1 is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. nauseated is used more widely than nauseous in sense 2.

"expresso" also makes me cringe. 

thanks for looking it up I found my copy, and in reading it-- didn't doubt you at all- just easier to read (plus it doesn't hurt to drag out a dictionary now and then ! Mine is antiquated, with all of the techno-speak these days )- the thing I notice is that 'nauseous' is used after linking a verb ..... so "I'm nauseous" is technically correct (am being a verb) but sort of squeaks by but "I'm feeling nauseous" is a better verb linkage.....

"I'm nauseated" to me is a more temporary statement...."I'm nauseous" sounds like one thinks they are a person who is characterized by their nausea-- like "I'm doing good" (a statement of the current state) is correct, but "I'm good" is a statement of absolute worth.... (and those who use it are often the only ones who concur ) LOL .

Maybe we could all go get espressos, and chat about this !! (I won't be drinking mine to prevent becoming nauseated- LOL- but I'd go along for the ride

And how about all of the text spelling?? Drives me nuts.... it's gr8 2 b able 2 not learn how to spell !! (and technically, my last statement is incorrect since I split the infinitive "to learn" by putting 'not' in the middle....grammatically it should be "it's gr8 2 be able not 2 learn how to spell"...... and ending with prepositions is another bummer...but hard to avoid at times ? it's so common in the midwest to say "do you want to go with?".....Should end with "do you want to go?"

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okay not really pronunciation but more about grammar..."would/could/should/might/must of" IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PAIRING OF WORDS!! "would've" sounds like "would of" when spoken aloud, but would've is an ABBREVIATION for would + have. "of" is a preposition!!!

ugh. sorry. that has been driving me nuts. needed to get that off my chest. WHEW! 

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RN in training said:
okay not really pronunciation but more about grammar..."would/could/should/might/must of" IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PAIRING OF WORDS!! "would've" sounds like "would of" when spoken aloud, but would've is an ABBREVIATION for would + have. "of" is a preposition!!!

ugh. sorry. that has been driving me nuts. needed to get that off my chest. WHEW!

The poor ignored "have" ! 

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