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.

miko014 said:
You said it!! The last two days I have read the newspaper, there have been typos - and I only read about 2 stories each day! The first mistake was "top" instead of "to", and yesterday "althought" instead of "although". Makes me so annoyed I can't even finish reading it! Also, the last 2 books I have gotten from the library have had typos in them as well - both were new releases. One had 3 mistakes, the other had 1. That is when I really flip - I can't believe they could make it to publication with errors in them! I don't remember what they were now, except that one of them was one of our favorites - "their" instead of "there"!

I used to get so irritated in nursing school when they would hand us a test full of errors. Not only did I take the tests, but I corrected grammar and spelling, haha. My favorite test was the one about the "kidbeys". That one was full of mistakes. The thing that made me angry was that if I had turned in a paper like that, they would have ripped it apart. But they had no problem giving us a test full of mistakes! 

I usually don't get too bent about typos, although a school test ought to be checked for serious errors. Especially if they count such things against you.

Many times you can't tell if a typo is a slip of the fingers, a brain fart, or genuine ignorance. You also can't tell with printed material if it's the fault of the writer/reporter or the person who set up the article.

I take far greater issue with obvious errors--improper grammer, poor word choice, subject-verb disagreement, etc. And, as I said, I look especially askance at the mistakes of those who should know better.

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vandermom said:
Here is one I have heard only in upstate NY.

In response to someone saying something like " I like ice cream" we get the answer "So DON'T I". No one would think that person did not like ice crean when, in fact, they do like ice cream. I am amazed at the otherwise intelligent people who use that phrase. I want to shake them (is there such a thing as shaken nurse syndrome?)

How about the use of Got and Have. 

I think I have heard the so don't I.....new england though, so not so far from NY.....I've got it, was one of my dad's pet peeves......I still do it, though I wouldn't do it in a written form.....

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RN/writer said:
I usually don't get too bent about typos, although a school test ought to be checked for serious errors. Especially if they count such things against you.

Many times you can't tell if a typo is a slip of the fingers, a brain fart, or genuine ignorance. You also can't tell with printed material if it's the fault of the writer/reporter or the person who set up the article.

I take far greater issue with obvious errors--improper grammer, poor word choice, subject-verb disagreement, etc. And, as I said, I look especially askance at the mistakes of those who should know better.

Typos in professional publications get me - not message boards like this, or an email (as long as it's not a professional email!). I know how hard it is to find typos in something you have written, because you automatically see what is supposed to be there. That's what spell check and grammar check are for - not to mention proofreaders! I just feel like if I can catch it, someone who is paid to edit that stuff should be able to! (Obviously the whole ending a sentence with a preposition thing doesn't bother me, haha!) I mean, if they're not going to take the time/effort to fix glaring errors such as "I'm going over their", then why should I put the time/effort into reading the book??? Of course, I didn't stop reading it, but that's "besides" the point!

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Specializes in Day program consultant DD/MR.

I found 2 errors recently 1 in a book,it wasn't a gramical error or anything. It was a name error one name in one chapter and then in the next while talking about the same person used a whole differnt name..... 2 was a letter from our company CEO posted on our intranet, the use of there when it should have been thier.

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I found 2 errors recently 1 in a book,it wasn't a gramical error or anything. It was a name error one name in one chapter and then in the next while talking about the same person used a whole differnt name..... 2 was a letter from our company CEO posted on our intranet, the use of there when it should have been thier.

I had that name error in a book I read recently. Really threw me off as I had to look back in the previous chapter to see just who they were talking about.

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Specializes in Ortho, Case Management, blabla.

One time I had an RN jump down my throat for mispronouncing Duodenum.

Yea, I said it wrong, bite me. Who the heck ever says that word anyways? You read it a lot, maybe write it, but who says it?!?

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One time I had an RN jump down my throat for mispronouncing Duodenum.

Yea, I said it wrong, bite me. Who the heck ever says that word anyways? You read it a lot, maybe write it, but who says it?!?

I don't care so much about pronunciation of meds or certain anatomical parts just because there seems to be more than one acceptable pronunciation. I say "doo-ODD-en-um", but a lot of people say, "doo-oh-DEEN-um". Whatever. You'll most likely say that stuff the first way you heard it. Incorrect words, like pacifically instead of specifically, and like I said in an above post, "besides the point" instead of "beside the point", etc - those are what really get to me! But I even have a bigger problem with writing than I do with speaking. I mean, you can grammar check what you wrote, but you can't really do that with your speech.

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
Where did you find that? It makes complete sense! I have lived all of my life in the south and the two (dinner and supper) are used interchangeably! I always thought dinner meant the meal at noon and supper meant the evening meal.

Growing up in the dirty south, it was always:

Breakfast -> Dinner -> Supper. We didn't have 'lunch'.

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Oh my goodness, I can't believe I forgot these before! Again, these are spelling errors, but since we've been talking about both, I think they apply!

Waist vs. waste

Seem vs. seam

Scene vs. seen

Then vs. than (this is one of my biggest pet peeves!!!)

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

Then vs. than (this is one of my biggest pet peeves!!!)

Oh yeah. Hate that one.

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Specializes in acute care, ltc, trauma.

Ohhh soo many to choose from lol! I really should give those with no healthcare education some slack, but patients and family drive me crazy with mispronunciations!! Im sure after all the replys to this thread there is someone who is bound to have commented on these as well. Sorry I am being lazy and not looking at all 893 pages(sorry a bit of a stretch huh?)

1. nurse...i think i need my "os-ca-gen" thru the "can-noo-la"

2. im so sick i think i will "vomick"

3. i use a "c-pack" machine to help me sleep

these are just a few that make me cringe!

oh yeah and i HATE when they say : i have "sugar" referring to diabetes:banghead: i feel like saying, " wow, really? that must be hard on you.....and me....and everyone else in the world, cause we all have "sugar" too!!"

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I actually love it when someone says "sugar diabetes" . .. . some things are just sweet.

In our family we all say things our kids said as children - the words just made it into our lexicon.

steph

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