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 Utilization Management.

I'm a stickler for spelling and grammar when I'm at work.

I nearly drove a couple of people off the wall when I kept mispronouncing

bulimia as bi LOOM ia.

I don't know why, I just couldn't pronounce it for the life of me.

:imbar

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Specializes in onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics.

The nurse I work with pronounces it sonometer, still just as bad.

Another nurse says "Lasix" for the procedure you have done on your eyes, "Lasik."

A former RN charge nurse I used to work with wrote an order for "Zanax 0.25mg po q4h prn anxiety."

Geesch!

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Specializes in onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics.

I know this is a regional thing, but "sherbert"... hello, there's only 1 "r" in sherbet (at least on the brand I buy).

Here's one I've never seen posted. A nurse I work with says "boft" instead of "both." She is well aware of her mistake, too!

We are a pathetic bunch, aren't we? LOL :chuckle

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mom4josh said:
I know this is a regional thing, but "sherbert"... hello, there's only 1 "r" in sherbet (at least on the brand I buy).

Actually, dictionary.com says both spellings are correct.

English is a difficult language to read, write, and speak. We all make mistakes. We all learn new things. I never knew sherbet was as correct as sherbert till just now, for instance. 

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mom4josh said:

Here's one I've never seen posted. A nurse I work with says "boft" instead of "both." She is well aware of her mistake, too!

We are a pathetic bunch, aren't we? LOL :chuckle

"Acrost" for "across" bothers me...I'd probably bite right through my tongue if I had to work with your colleague who says "boft"!

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galenight said:
GRAMMER POLICE UNITE!

Oh no you didn't! 

J/K, but that's another one on my list right there. 

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Me too - sontimeter 

SupposeBly instead of supposeDly.

One of my hospice patient's has a dear husband who calls us "hos-pik" nurses. "Here comes the hos-pik nurse".

I like "hos-pik" better than "hoe-spice." ?

What about "yankauer?" I've heard it as "yanker," "yonker," and "yank-our." Which is it? ?

My supervisor puts an extra "r" in a bunch of words...drives me crazy when she says the man is coming to look at the "broiler" because it keeps going out and the resident are cold...it's "boiler!"

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My personal pet peeves:

1. The phenergan one previously mentioned (there is only one "r" in the word, not two.)

2. Instead of "autistic" they say "artistic"

3. Instead of "resonant" breath sounds, "renaissance" breath sounds (this one happened with students checking off assessments, thankfully not from actual nurses in practice.)

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applescruffette said:
Oh no you didn't! :banghead:

J/K, but that's another one on my list right there. :D

OH yes I did... just wanted to see how long before anyone noticed....lol :chuckle

Ok, I'll rephrase.

GRAMMAR POLICE UNITE!

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My mother and sister slaughter the English language! Both say:

Mind-grain for migraine

tide-n-all for tylenol

they drive around the curb but they park at the curve (I and most people I know drive around the curve and park at the curb)

My sister says supposaBly

My mom is notorious for saying pacific for specific

Both say die-ah-rear for diarrhea

Prostrate for prostate

What drives me insane reading posts here sometimes is the incorrect placement of an apostrophe. It's not did'nt, should'nt, could'nt or would'nt!

One other that isn't a mispronunciation but still drives me batty (my best friend and her family tend to say this..maybe its a regional thing they are from Maine) "When I was pregnant for Jennifer I had terrible heartburn "(her daughter) ummm unless you were carrying Jennifer's baby you were pregnant WITH Jennifer!

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I worked with an RN once who called lomotil low'-ma-til.

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The one that irks me the most,is the use of went for gone. "I should a went" not "I should have gone". 2nd is the use of aks for ask! just makes my teeth itch.I know we all have our peccadillos, but nice to vent!

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