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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las2009 said:
I hate hearing ambulance pronounced am-ba-lance...and with the last syllable prounced like the lance in Lancelot rather than like 'lunce'.

My EMS buds and I sometimes refer to it as the bam-ba-lance. Apparently that's even funnier when I'm driving it.

Eric

aka Crash

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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.

oh dear, woostah.....big hair, fish and sticks on friday....and the seven hills in the winter......

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I just had two non-ESL doctors back-to-back say "urine-analysis." Pfffft.

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Hear's a funny one! In Indiana, a mango is a green pepper! pronounced w/ the breve for "a" sue

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EricEnfermero said:
My EMS buds and I sometimes refer to it as the bam-ba-lance. Apparently that's even funnier when I'm driving it.

Eric

aka Crash

Oh, well now...the terms of endearment people have for the vehicles they love to drive fast are an entirely different matter...

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I love this thread, but does anyone else think it's funny that we're in such a hurry to correct the grammar and/or spelling of others that we aren't taking the time to correct our own posts??? For a bunch of grammar police, there sure are a lot of typos in here! (Not saying I am innocent, just that I think it's funny!)

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oh dear, woostah.....big hair, fish and sticks on friday....and the seven hills in the winter......

yeah and god forbid you pronounce it "wor CHESTER" - holy hell!!! Every other place in the world it'd be that, but here, forgeta bout it!

Also in Virginia, Norfolk is Nor FU *k - not NOR FOLK, as you would think.

In Illinois, Peoria - is not "PEE-or-EEya"

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miko014 said:
I love this thread, but does anyone else think it's funny that we're in such a hurry to correct the grammar and/or spelling of others that we aren't taking the time to correct our own posts??? For a bunch of grammar police, there sure are a lot of typos in here! (Not saying I am innocent, just that I think it's funny!)

I don't think the issue is spelling, but how words are completely wrong when spoken.... BTW, there's spell check, I just found - WAAAAAY on the top right, but you have to download it - ehr??

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yeah and god forbid you pronounce it "wor CHESTER" - holy hell!!! Every other place in the world it'd be that, but here, forgeta bout it!

Also in Virginia, Norfolk is Nor FU *k - not NOR FOLK, as you would think.

In Illinois, Peoria - is not "PEE-or-EEya"

Hey...that pronunciation of Norfolk isn't a 'Virginia thang'...it is properly pronounced Nor-fik, same as the British county for which it was named in the 17th century. There's also a Suffolk, pronounced Suf-fik, also named for a British county.

Naw-fik...now, that pronunciation is a Virginia thang. Just like N'awleans is a Louisiana thang.

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Hey...that pronunciation of Norfolk isn't a 'Virginia thang'...it is properly pronounced Nor-fik, same as the British county for which it was named in the 17th century. There's also a Suffolk, pronounced Suf-fik, also named for a British county.

Naw-fik...now, that pronunciation is a Virginia thang. Just like N'awleans is a Louisiana thang.

it is pronounced in that area as "NOR-FUK", not FIK. FYI. Same with Suffolk, SUF-UK

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a cheer from the area (norfolk, pronounced nor-fuk)

we don't drink

we don't smoke

nor-folk, nor-fork!!

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What annoys an oyster?

A noisy noise annoys an oyster. 

(My son just came home with that little tongue twister straight from grandma). 

steph

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