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.

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

We have a NA who calls a gown a "gownd" . I want to scream at her that gown DOES NOT HAVE A "D" AT THE END!!!!!!!!!! Drives me insane.

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I've got family that warsh their clothes and hands.

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xtxrn said:
I've got family that warsh their clothes and hands.

Do they "rinch" em too? My cousin's grandma used to say that LOL

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beckyboo1 said:
do they "rinch" em too? My cousin's grandma used to say that LOL

LOL--- No, they get them rinsed OK....but have to warsh them thoroughly  

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.

HaHa...

I have actually heard both the "warshed" ...and the "rinched"...but not used together!!! Both of the people were from the deep south.

Oh, yes, by the way..the Mofeen thing is totally an Urban legend....been around as long as I have been in nursing...right up there with the ever famous Lemon and Orange Jello brothers....also an Urban legend..

ahhh, where is Snopes when you need it?

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diva RN said:
HaHa...

I have actually heard both the "warshed" ...and the "rinched"...but not used together! Both of the people were from the deep south.

Oh, yes, by the way..the Mofeen thing is totally an Urban legend....been around as long as I have been in nursing...right up there with the ever famous Lemon and Orange Jello brothers....also an Urban legend..

ahhh, where is Snopes when you need it?

My warshers are from the Midwest- Like corn-detassling areas ?

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
xtxrn said:
My warshers are from the Midwest- Like corn-detassling areas 

There are plenty in the Mid-Atlantic, too.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

I had some flap-jacks and sear-up this mornin' and warshed em down with a nice tall glass of melk.

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Specializes in Women's health & post-partum.
DeLanaHarvickWannabe said:
There are plenty in the Mid-Atlantic, too.

I married one! He'd come to the west coast from the mid-west (Kansas) at age 8 and never totally lost the "warsh".. No rinch, tho.

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

If I didn't "warsh" behind my ears my da would send me to my "rum". These are not mispronunciations they are regional dialects. My da's were a combination of mid-west, north-east and a bit of Scottish all mixed together.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

I was re-writing policies at one facility. I looked at the DNR policy. One of the choices was Do Not Incubate. When I changed it a bunch of them wanted to know what was wrong with the original version...nothing unless you're an egg!

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How about "terlett" for "toilet"? Goes right along with "wersh" for "wash" doesn't it?

My mom actually drives me crazy for the opposite reason, though. She overenunciates everything and pronounces EVERY word EXACTLY as it is spelled. "And" is always "and," never "&," and sometimes it almost sounds like "ant." Drives me CRAZY! She is the ONLY person I've ever met in my life who pronounces February correctly... try it! "Feb-ru-ary." Everyone else in the US, whether from the North, South, East, or West, says "Febuary." Another one of hers is "o-rang-u-tan," technically correct, but the rest of us are fine with o-rang-a-tang;" why can't she accept it??? There's just something slightly robotic about the need to speak perfectly.

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