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 went to school with a guy who would call "recitation" "resuscitation". We would correct him every time.

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sistrmoon said:

I like "Dilaudin." As in "I'm allergic to everything except Dilaudin." Many variations.

I instantly thought of Aladdin.

"I can show you the world! Shining, shimmering, splendid!"

Come to think of it, that could be an advertising jingle for the makers of it.

This thread brings me joy.

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from my current role: "Cou-da-min"....(coumadin)

from a past role, i worked with a nurse who constantly was saying "sin-a-cope"...it took me a good month to figure out she meant "syncope"!!!!

having good chuckles from this thread, and really needed it today!

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What happened to the electercity?

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Phenobarbritol.

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Sugar for diabetes----ugh, I hate that one.

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We're having ground rounds in 10 mins. Where is my neurolologist? Can I have some ice crisps? Abdominal gurth.

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Oh, I have to mention - one of my providers gave me this as a gift. It was a small wooden plaque that says "I'm silently judging your grammar."

I have it hanging on the wall behind my computer. It's one of the best gifts I've ever received!

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Sugar for diabetes----ugh, I hate that one.

I've actually started calling it "sugar diabetes" when getting family history in my older black patients. They seem to understand better what I'm talking about.

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KelRN215 said:
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Where in the north are you that you say "pop"? Pop is Midwestern to me. We say soda in the Northeast.

I would guess MN, WI, or the Dakotas.

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I've actually started calling it "sugar diabetes" when getting family history in my older black patients. They seem to understand better what I'm talking about.

I've only had it called that once when taking health history and I did a double take. I was still a student and wondered if I had totally missed the part where there was another kind of diabetes. 😂 Is this a regional thing? I'm mid Atlantic, and it's generally not called that here.

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Regime. I'm a medical transcriptionist and I hear regime in place of regimen ALL the time. So often that when I hear the word regime used correctly I have to stop and think.

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