Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

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Car-dee-ya-zem.

It's car-di-zem. Or dil-ti-ya-zem.

Cardiazem isn't a real thing.

Can I get an amen?!

I pronounce the T in "often"

I do as well......is that incorrect?

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I work in ophthalmology and have had more than one person tell me about their "vasectomy" done on their eye. Males and females! Turns out they mean vitrectomy

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Someone mentioned metoprolol....I've always wondered how it's supposed to be pronounced as I hear it both ways all the time.

So is it:

met-oh-pro-lol

OR

meh-tope-pro-lol

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Another one...I was taught that "angina" is pronounced

ann-gin-uh (similar sounding to Angela). Often hear it pronounced as ann-gi-nah (similar to lady parts).

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Someone mentioned metoprolol....I've always wondered how it's supposed to be pronounced as I hear it both ways all the time.

So is it:

met-oh-pro-lol

OR

meh-tope-pro-lol

I do it the second way.

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ICURN3020 said:
Another one...I was taught that "angina" is pronounced

ann-gin-uh (similar sounding to Angela). Often hear it pronounced as ann-gi-nah (similar to lady parts).

My critical care professor told us she had a patient whose chief complaint was, "I've got the sloppy lady parts!" (Translated to "unstable angina".) I've pronounced it ann-gi-nah ever since.

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ICURN3020 said:
Another one...I was taught that "angina" is pronounced

ann-gin-uh (similar sounding to Angela). Often hear it pronounced as ann-gi-nah (similar to lady parts).

Angina - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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You all would die if you heard me try to pronounce glomerulus.

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Someone mentioned metoprolol....I've always wondered how it's supposed to be pronounced as I hear it both ways all the time.

So is it:

met-oh-pro-lol

OR

meh-tope-pro-lol

Lopressor, problem solved. :)

O2 stats and nuke-u-lar med are like nails on the chalkboard to me.

Non-nursing, I can't stand the misuse of myself. "If you have any questions, call Suzy or myself." NO, call Suzy or ME. Your/you're, two/too/to, its/it's, there/their/they're as well as people who think an apostrophe is needed anytime they use an s ("we have 5 nurse's coming in today", "the following employee's need to do xyz") all drive me up the wall.

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I can't think of any nursing related... and I'm sure that I will later. However, Ven'zoo-ale-a (Venezuela, the country) and Nuke'-u-lar (nuclear) drive me NUTS!

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ixchel said:
I do it the second way.

Yep, me too.

"Sloppy lady parts"!! Oh my.....

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Lopressor, problem solved. :)

O2 stats and nuke-u-lar med are like nails on the chalkboard to me.

Non-nursing, I can't stand the misuse of myself. "If you have any questions, call Suzy or myself." NO, call Suzy or ME. Your/you're, two/too/to, its/it's, there/their/they're as well as people who think an apostrophe is needed anytime they use an s ("we have 5 nurse's coming in today", "the following employee's need to do xyz") all drive me up the wall.

OMG I want to kick puppies when apostrophes are overused!!!!!

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