Mispronouncing a word makes you less of a nurse

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I was in open lab practicing things from my lab the day before. I was talking to a classmate and I mentioned the word larynx but I pronounced it wrong. It's a new word for me so I'm not going to be perfect at pronouncing it. The professor there noticed I pronounced it wrong and corrected me. Then he went on to give me an example of if I were a nurse and he brought his kid to me and I mispronounced a word to him I would be little less of a nurse. In the sense that I was not as competent as a nurse who could pronounced words correctly. He understood that it shouldn't make you less of a nurse but to him it does. I know it's just his opinion and opinions are like mouths everyone has one. I just didn't like the comment nor did I expect this from him. What do you guys think?

Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

Yep, North America is a diverse place with many subcultures. Where I live you wouldn't be looked down on for reading a book or taking an interest in issues of the day. In many places it's the opposite in that Christians are looked down on as being backwards and small minded folks.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I have lived all over this country and have never had to "dumb it down" or been looked down upon for reading a book. I have travled and I love to talk about current events and so on, I also like my celebrity gossip as well, but would muc rather talk about real life, every day issues. In fact I think a lot of my friends and I get annoyed with a lot of the ignorant things we see. It seems like it's the new teen myspace and facebook fad to purposefully (I hope anyway) misspell words. Using da instead of the and stuff like that, I caught my almost 13 year old son doing this and I won't allow him to do it around me. Not sure when it became cute to type that way but I know that none of the people I know all around the country think it's acceptable either. I try to remember that they are kids and we all did dumb stuff that we thought was cool when we were younger, but than I see people my age doing it as well and just have to shake my head. But I deffientely wouldn't say that "acting dumb" is the norm of this country.

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Not sure when it became cute to type that way but I know that none of the people I know all around the country think it's acceptable either.
This is a by-product of texting. Text messages have character limits (100 spaces?). That fact added to the human tendency to look for shortcuts has given us lovely things like, "U r gr8."

I have heard that teachers are really having to crack down on students who think text-message English should be acceptable in school assignments. Some of them don't know how to produce the real thing anymore. If they ever did.

I'm all for having this alternative language. Keeps things lively. But it should be seen for what it is--another dialect, not a good representation of English.

Wonder when text-message English will start to rear its ugly head in narrative charting. :no:

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Specializes in NICU/Neonatal transport.

I will say that it does make you look less intelligent/educated when you cannot hold a conversation with proper grammar. It doesn't mean you are not smart or educated, but it will appear to others that you are not.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
This is a by-product of texting. Text messages have character limits (100 spaces?). That fact added to the human tendency to look for shortcuts has given us lovely things like, "U r gr8."

I have heard that teachers are really having to crack down on students who think text-message English should be acceptable in school assignments. Some of them don't know how to produce the real thing anymore. If they ever did.

I'm all for having this alternative language. Keeps things lively. But it should be seen for what it is--another dialect, not a good representation of English.

Wonder when text-message English will start to rear its ugly head in narrative charting. :no:

I can't even bring myself to text this way. The most I will do is like LOL and stuff. Some of the short hand doesn't even make sense, in a lot of cases I have seen the mangled word is the same amount of letters as the original word. Done in texting though doesn't bother me, on message boards and ads on craigslist well on the internet period is when it annoys me because their is no reason for it. When I have looked for services on CL whether it be someone to come clean my house or possible childcare I always pass up the ads that do this. Medical shorthand is a completely different thing and that doesn't bother me either, besides me having to go google half the acronyms said here so I know whats being talked about :p

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I don't text much - at all. But when I do I refuse to use the shorthand! No way. I type everything out. :D

steph

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I can understand text grammar on a regular phone keypad but it irks me so I use my crackberry with the full keyboard.

I can type out a full sentence before a texter can write whatever the heck they are writing. :D

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I don't text much - at all. But when I do I refuse to use the shorthand! No way. I type everything out. :D

steph

:bow: Thank you and every member of your tribe. Long may you dwell in the land of legibility!

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

I used to type everything out in texting, but I have teenage daughters and have learned their dialect. Texting is a wonderful tool for the mother of two teenage girls. Since I love them so much, I adapted.

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I used to type everything out in texting, but I have teenage daughters and have learned their dialect. Texting is a wonderful tool for the mother of two teenage girls. Since I love them so much, I adapted.

Granted if I texted more I might do the same. :wink2: But I rarely text. And it is very hard for me to take shortcuts with writing.

I keep in touch more via Facebook . . my kids say they don't even email anymore. They text, MySpace or Facebook.

steph

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:bow: Thank you and every member of your tribe. Long may you dwell in the land of legibility!

:heartbeat Ah, you are sweet!

steph

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I don't text much - at all. But when I do I refuse to use the shorthand! No way. I type everything out. :D

steph

That is how I am as well, other than the lol a few like that, wth, that is about it though. Between da,coz,prolly and now the I JuSt LoVe tO TyPe LiKe tHiS it drives me nuts! I mean nutz!

I can understand text grammar on a regular phone keypad but it irks me so I use my crackberry with the full keyboard.

I can type out a full sentence before a texter can write whatever the heck they are writing. :D

I just got my first BB and I am still pretty clueless to most of it but one thing I am not liking that my husbands BB doesn't do, when I text and I reach the 160 I have to send it than. It won't go over and just send mulitple texts, like is phone and my others have done. Totally annoying!

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