Learn To Say It Correctly!!

[SheriLynnRN]

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.

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

Major issues, eh?

(Stan: Haha.)

[teeniebert, LPN]

Okay, how do you pronounce 'chignon,' meaning the mark left on a neonate's head after vacuum-assisted delivery?

I assumed it was pronounced 'sheen-YON,' like the hairstyle (a bun or knot at the nape of the neck), but my instructor pronounces it 'shih-GON.'

[GeauxNursing]

Wow. We've got some grammar Nazis in here! I love it.

One of my nurses says "vanco-mya-cin." And "PT and INR." Isn't it just PT/INR? I guess it can go either way--what do I know?

[Baloney Amputation, BSN, LPN, RN]

Wow. We've got some grammar Nazis in here! I love it.

One of my nurses says "vanco-mya-cin." And "PT and INR." Isn't it just PT/INR? I guess it can go either way--what do I know?

In the case of PT and INR, it's okay for those to be said and written both ways.

[Eaglelady]

Major issues, eh?

(Stan: Haha.)

"Kinda sorta" :sofahider:chair::lol_hitti

[rn/writer, RN]

Okay, how do you pronounce 'chignon,' meaning the mark left on a neonate's head after vacuum-assisted delivery?

I assumed it was pronounced 'sheen-YON,' like the hairstyle (a bun or knot at the nape of the neck), but my instructor pronounces it 'shih-GON.'

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chignon

Click on the little speaker in the link to see that you are correct.

[rn/writer, RN]

Sight, cite, site.

I came to this site (location) and cringed at the sight (visualization) of the way people sometimes cite (make reference to) inappropriate examples to make a point. I won't cite "cyte" because I haven't yet seen that one thrown improperly into the mix.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

I won't cite "cyte" because I haven't yet seen that one thrown improperly into the mix.

Well, one of these days, your strict adherence to correct enunciation and pronunciation will come back "byte" ... err... "bite" you in the butt

I won't even get into the whole "Tyre" Vs "tyre" Vs "tire" issue

cheers,

[rn/writer, RN]

Bite me in the butt? But . . .

While I have your attention, Roy, here are a few thoughts regarding one of your earlier posts:

"Begging the question" is a logical 'fallacy' (also know as: "circular logic", "circular reasoning", "Petitio Principii")

The expression also happens to be one of the most misused in the English language.

Reading half a dozen explanations of "petitio principii" made my eyes bug out and my head spin. I do understand the concept, but found a number of articles where it was conceded that the literal interpretation of "begging the question" was losing ground to the more useful and more easily understood meaning of "begging that the following question be asked."

I do not give ground easily to language changes just because of popular usage. Enormity, to me, still indicates something hugely negative, not just large size. But in this case, except for a handful of logicians and philosophy majors, I think most of us find that "begging the question" begs to be used in the "mistaken" sense of "leads us to ask the following."

It's quite a handy little phrase, and I think the ivory tower denizens ought to share.

[lisaksemt, ADN, BSN]

I hope ya'll will forgive me for mispronouncing words i've never heard in my entire life. In nursing school, my instructors would not correct students who listed "Malaysia" as a symptom. I just had to sit and cringe through that and fat-ee-gyoo. If you're a seasoned nurse, please stop and help out the young'uns who just don't know any better.

[Eaglelady]

I hope ya'll will forgive me for mispronouncing words i've never heard in my entire life. In nursing school, my instructors would not correct students who listed "Malaysia" as a symptom. I just had to sit and cringe through that and fat-ee-gyoo. If you're a seasoned nurse, please stop and help out the young'uns who just don't know any better.

:yeah::bow:I totally agree but that ole saying I have heard from day one that the older ones will do their best to eat the younger ones is oh so true---forgetting the fact they were "young'uns" at one time

[Baloney Amputation, BSN, LPN, RN]

Here's one I hear all the stinkin' time from doctors...."diverticuli." I think that is the wrong term I hear the most.