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.

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xtxrn said:
Sounds "yankee" (I'm in the midwest, but spent years in TX... the "at" drove them nuts where I was )

Watch it Tex! New Yorker here and would never, ever say "where you at''...!!(Them's fightin words )

I think that's just "Ignoramus, USA".....because I have heard the term when I lived in Indianapolis ( ie Midwest-so midwesterners not immune to it) and I hear it a lot now while living in Florida....it's just-duh!

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diva RN said:
Watch it Tex! New Yorker here and would never, ever say "where you at''...!!(Them's fightin words )

I think that's just "Ignoramus, USA".....because I have heard the term when I lived in Indianapolis ( ie Midwest-so midwesterners not immune to it) and I hear it a lot now while living in Florida....it's just-duh!

Yeah- I think it's a "north" thing I'm SO sorry I excluded you guys on the east coast But FLORIDA Have they jumped ship from the South?? ? Of course, isn't FL a bunch of transplants? (I have an aunt and cousins there that started in the MW)... who knows what sort of mixes of language are there

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melosaurRN said:

SONimeter instead of CENTImeter (when I first heard the term sonimeter I thought it was a new form of measurement!)

Are you sure that isn't just a French influenced pronunciation as of 'centime' , the fractional unit of the Franc

Anyway just to add to the fun; a metre is measure of length , a meter is a device which shows a reading of a quantity...

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xtxrn said:
Yeah- I think it's a "north" thing I'm SO sorry I excluded you guys on the east coast and But FLORIDA Have they jumped ship from the South?? ? Of course, isn't FL a bunch of transplants? (I have an aunt and cousins there that started in the MW)... who knows what sort of mixes of language are there

Ah, Florida, don't get me started. Yes, it's a mixture. Sort of a salad bowl if you will. I sort of depends where you are in Fl what you get in the mix...South Fl where I am is heavy on New York-New Jersey and there abouts...West Coast is more Mid west I think...I think north Central Fl is just Good ole red neck....I know I know...only kidding.... ?...but Very true for the Pan handle.....?

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They're going over there to get their things. Can you get me two of those to go things , too? English must be horrifying to "book learn"....

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DolceVita said:
What about:

"where are you at"

"where I am at..."

I think it was my 7th grade teacher who always replied "Before the 'at' ".

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lucky1RN said:

"Sontimeter"...as in "the patient's wound is 2 sontimeters wide". It's "centimeter". Do you say a gumball costs 1 sont? Nooooo.

Ugh... the sonimeter thing has annoyed me since nursing school.... I even went home one day and looked it up thinking "maybe this is something different and I should learn this!"

And working in cardiology (and a former pharmacy tech) - some meds drive me batty! Metoprolol, carvedilol, atorvastatin, hctz .... oh the list just goes on ?

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My patient kept asking for her Dilauntin the other day,... meaning Dilaudid.

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This Jenn RN said:
My patient kept asking for her Dilauntin the other day,... meaning Dilaudid.

Dilaudid + Dilantin = Dilauntin. Takes care of seizures and pain at the same time! Kind of like Zetia + Zocor = Vytorin. Not a bad idea. ?

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A dear relative of mine is really struggling to provide care for her demented husband... a tough situation for her given her advanced age and mediocre health. However, I had to laugh when I received an email that her husband was hospitalized for a "urinal track" infection. :lol2:

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My anatomy teacher keeps pronouncing groin grow-in.... its supposed to be gr-oin (like in coin) right?

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My psych instructor pronounces parietal as peri EYE uh tal LOL

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