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.

[SwimRN10]

I guess sometimes it's the english as a second language thing.. I guess sometimes when people speak more than one language, you just have to go with it...even when it's extremely annoying...

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

My personal pet peeves are Endo-SCOP-ie...it's ENDAH-scop-ie. (Spelling it phonetically, of course.) Oh and PHENER-gran. No extra R at the end of the word, please!

[cookziedough]

Talk about having English as a second language! hehehe... A lot of people get mixed up with the English language because its rules are really ridiculous sometimes. I'm homeschooling my son and now that I'm teaching him to read, I came to the realization that you just really have to deal with the word as you meet them.

Rule #1: When two vowels are together walking, the first one does the talking) by saying its name... "m..E... for MeaT", "m..Ay... for Maid"... and then I get this: "S...Ay... for Said?" hmmm...

It's really all about ESL! But wait! When it comes to medical terms... please don't add letters to the word or scramble them for that matter... you're making me feel nauseated with "pheneGRAN"! hehehe....

Just my opinion...

[sleepysnr]

my teacher was notorious for saying things wrong. it was very frustrating because we would have no idea what she was trying to talk about

[sleepysnr]

the dia-beet-us one i know alot of people say as a joke

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

lucky1RN said:

"Sontimeter"...as in "the patient's wound is 2 sontimeters wide". It's "centimeter". Do you say a gumball costs 1 sont? Nooooo.

Ah, but "sontimeter" is actually an accepted pronunciation of centimeter. My teachers used it at my school. We were all afraid to ask what they were talking about because everyone was afraid they were the only ones who didn't know what it meant!

[rn/writer, RN]

We've already discussed this one in depth.

"Sontimeter" is an English version of the French pronunciation of "centimeter" and has been used by many people over the years. While technically all right to use, it is now considered "old school" and viewed by some as an affectation.

Use it at your own risk.

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

rn/writer said:

We've already discussed this one in depth.

"Sontimeter" is an English version of the French pronunciation of "centimeter" and has been used by many people over the years. While technically all right to use, it is now considered "old school" and viewed by some as an affectation.

Use it at your own risk.

I must confess that I did not try to read 120+ pages of the thread before replying. Always dangerous, lol!

[rn/writer, RN]

hiddencatRN said:

I must confess that I did not try to read 120+ pages of the thread before replying. Always dangerous, lol!

Yeah, that's a lot to ask. That's why I presented the distilled version.

[ChattylillRN]

I have a child that is now 20 and has had a trach since 8 months of age. I only recently graduated with an associates degree RN. But for 20 years that has been a pet peeve of mine. I have never understood why they say stat instead of sat but I have bitten my tongue thus far. Thanks for posting what I couldn't say!

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

talaxandra said:

I'm growing heartily sick of the misuse of "myself" in place of "I" - for example, it's "Jane and I are going out," not "Jane and myself are going out." Do people think it makes them sound better educated, do they think it's correct, or os something else going on? I can't understand it myself ()

OMG yes! It is maddening.

[robby5313]

"flustrated" for frustrated.....grr......