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.

so, maybe 'y' is a vowel in a word whereupon it is the ist & not the latter y in a word?Bigger question for me ,is when is 'y' not used as a vowel? sue

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btw, It's misspell(even though it looks funny!) sue

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Another one I hear a lot is "I could care less" instead of I could't care less.

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Another one I hear a lot is "I could care less" instead of I could't care less.

Makes me want to kick a puppy when I read/hear that one.

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two things i have seen on this site that made me want to pull my hair out. i understand that no one is perfect, but when it looks like you are purposefully trying to butcher the language, i have to wonder about you.

wif (with)

dat (that)

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I confess--it cracks me up every time I hear someone say "I'm really nauseous" when they really mean to say they are nauseated. It's the equivalent of saying, "I'm really sickening." (Big smile!)

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so, maybe 'y' is a vowel in a word whereupon it is the ist & not the latter y in a word?Bigger question for me ,is when is 'y' not used as a vowel? sue

How about "Yellow"? BTW, also an example of a "w" at the end sounding like the vowel "o" before it. Then there's "yes", "you" and "yak" sounding like a consonant.:specs:

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We've got a lot of lines about our mother's on here - I'll add my crazy-making one -

She says...Norvack - I've corrected countless times - and the dr when first hearing she took norvack, raised his eyebrow and said Norvasc? And my mom looked over at me and glared - as if it was MY fault the new doctor didn't know this drug.

And she says - VAIL eeyum - drives me absolutely nucking futs.

....and tor-tee - leah - for tortilla -

and we are from Texas!!! She even gets irritated in restaurants when they pronounce it

correctly.

Going to take a vail-eeyum now... (sigh):banghead:

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One of the most frequently misspelled words here and many other places is "definitely," aka "definately." There are other variations, but they make my head hurt.

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my boss keeps talking to us about the smoking "sensation" program here... I want to tell her it is "cessation" but I just don't have the heart :) I also had my first experience with a fellow nurse talking about a patient's o2 STAT the other day, took all I had to keep from yelling SAT at her... haha.

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This is a spelling one, but something that really annoys me is when people type HIPPA when they really mean HIPAA.

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Rnwriter, you DEFINITELY took the words out of my mouth!!!

HAHAHA!!!

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