Learn To Say It Correctly!!

[SheriLynnRN]

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.

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

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-lyadverb

-- nau-seous-nessnoun

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. 

exactly

[Simba&NalasMom, LPN]

xtxrn said:

Who's he? 

He writes funny books about his travel experiences. ? Here's a quote:

"Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are agile, cunning and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. That doesn't happen often, but - and here is the absolutely salient point - once would be enough."

[talaxandra]

I do love a bit of Bryson - his latest book (At Home) is a fantastic roam around US and UK history, framed by a room-by-room exploration of a nineteenth century vicarage. but I digress...

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

klb061409 said:

The one that really drives me nuts is NICU. I've always heard it nick-u (i'm from Florida with family from the north east) but here(in west Texas) its ni-coo which is correct?

In Illinois, and Central/South TX, I'd only heard nick-u...D)

[rn/writer, RN]

I have only ever heard nick-you. Which is appropriate with all the heel-sticks these kiddos get. Nick-oo sounds like baby talk. I've never heard that used anywhere.

[diva rn, BSN, RN]

20 years=only ever heard Nick-you...and I've worked there..

[Wishinonastar, BSN]

xtxrn said:

That would bug me ! 

I don't get it. "Jon-ray" is how it is supposed to be pronounced. Or did he say a hard J like John -Boy?

Nevermind, you mean the pure European way of pronouncing it Jon-Ra. With the schwa sound. The other way is Americanized.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

nursemarion said:

I don't get it. "Jon-ray" is how it is supposed to be pronounced. Or did he say a hard J like John -Boy?

Nevermind, you mean the pure European way of pronouncing it Jon-Ra. With the schwa sound. The other way is Americanized.

help me here,....what is the difference between Jon and John in how you pronounce the "J"?

[Wishinonastar, BSN]

I mean the soft J like in Jacques Cousteau versus John, Joe, etc. But I was not getting the Ray versus Ra part. It is hard to express this in text, isn't it?

[morte, LPN, LVN]

nursemarion said:

I mean the soft J like in Jacques Cousteau versus John, Joe, etc. But I was not getting the Ray versus Ra part. It is hard to express this in text, isn't it?

Ah! this I get! the French "jean" would work also.....and yeah, getting nuances of language down to text can be ....hm, ..difficult.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

nursemarion said:

I don't get it. "Jon-ray" is how it is supposed to be pronounced. Or did he say a hard J like John -Boy?

Nevermind, you mean the pure European way of pronouncing it Jon-Ra. With the schwa sound. The other way is Americanized.

J is like above "like jacques".... then 'anh' - 'reh' ?

[RNOTODAY, BSN, RN]

I hate to say it, but it bothers me too...lol not so much lay people, but I think if we are professionals in the field we should be expected to pronounce (and spell!!) words correctly. ESPECIALLY words pertaining to work....

and if I hear "mines" as in "MineS is better than yours" Im going to scream.