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.

When I first moved to the south someone told me "they fell out"........

They fainted!

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moonshadeau said:
Holy Buckets! I don't know if I can take much more after 23 pages. I think I fell off my chair at least 3 times.

I used to work with a nurse who said "I am going to go take my vitals", except when she said "vitals", she said it like Skittles (vittles). GRRRRR....still reminds me of nails on a chalkboard when I hear it in my mind...Must repress the memory.

People in Wisconsin like to say "I am going with". "Can I come with". "She went with". With what people. It is even worse that my child has picked this up, but hasn't realized that I hate this.

People in Vermont said "Hey, I've got an idear."

Although, I am not perfect either because when I moved and first introduced myself people thought my name "jockey". I couldn't figure out why they kept calling me that until someone explained to me that I was pronouncing my a's as o's.

are you from the N.E.?

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moonshadeau said:
Holy Buckets! I don't know if I can take much more after 23 pages. I think I fell off my chair at least 3 times.

I used to work with a nurse who said "I am going to go take my vitals", except when she said "vitals", she said it like Skittles (vittles). GRRRRR....still reminds me of nails on a chalkboard when I hear it in my mind...Must repress the memory.

People in Wisconsin like to say "I am going with". "Can I come with". "She went with". With what people. It is even worse that my child has picked this up, but hasn't realized that I hate this.

People in Vermont said "Hey, I've got an idear."

Although, I am not perfect either because when I moved and first introduced myself people thought my name "jockey". I couldn't figure out why they kept calling me that until someone explained to me that I was pronouncing my a's as o's.

living in N.C. and working in a local ER, everyone would say "I'm going to carry the person to xray" or "carry them to the room." Really? Carry? Wouldn't it be easier to have them walk, or push them in a w/c?

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shelly304 said:
When I first moved to the south someone told me "they fell out"........

They fainted!

ah hem, you mean "done fell out." Ohhhhh laawwwd have I witnessed THAT!! 

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I was born in Ma but moved to Ca when I was 8 and people say I have an accent only when I say wash they say I say worsh I don't hear it though. My mom never lost her accent and she used to get teased all the time esp. when she said coffee ( not sure how to spell it like she pronounced it) coiffee (like in coil).

When I lived in Al people were going around say " I'm fixin to go to " the store.....

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I was born in Ma but moved to Ca when I was 8 and people say I have an accent only when I say wash they say I say worsh I don't hear it though. My mom never lost her accent and she used to get teased all the time esp. when she said coffee ( not sure how to spell it like she pronounced it) coiffee (like in coil).

When I lived in Al people were going around say " I'm fixin to go to " the store.....

moving up to Mass a year ago, it's the hardest to adjust to the accent (esp. south Boston-ites). I'm always misunderstanding. It's more difficult here than it was adjusting to the southern twang in N.C. At least Mass people speak a bit faster! Yeah! I've lived in so many places, but born and reared in Ca. until I was 12.

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moving up to Mass a year ago, it's the hardest to adjust to the accent (esp. south Boston-ites). I'm always misunderstanding. It's more difficult here than it was adjusting to the southern twang in N.C. At least Mass people speak a bit faster! Yeah! I've lived in so many places, but born and reared in Ca. until I was 12.

We were opposite. All my family is still there in Mass. Worcester area. When I talk to my grandmother she says that I have the accent.....lol I tell her no it's you.

My kids drive me nuts when they pronounce mango with a short a,

Män-go, they get it from their mexican grandma that is how she pronounces it.

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GilaRN said:
Hmmm, I have a solution. The entire world should simply learn one language and one set of rules for articulating that language. To be fair, we should go with the the most widely spoken language worldwide. (Language spoken by more people)

I vote for Mandarin Chinese. After all, 1+ billion people cannot be wrong. 

I have trouble speaking English sometimes, and It's the only language I've been taught! Mandarin would kill me!

:chuckle:yeah:

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stan; are you saying it's incorrect to say ,"I wasn't speaking to them?"

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I used to work as a pharmacy tech at Walgreen's, and we had this guy who would always call to ask for an order on his "hi-DRAW-con-ee" Translate as hydrocodone.. haha

"O2 stats" kills me! I always want to correct people, but I have to remind myself to choose my battles.

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I hate when people say "alls (like halls)" as in alls I want to do is go to the store. HATE IT!

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I'd like to know the context...did the person mean "solicit" or "salicylate" or something else?

She meant "solicit."

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