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?!

LOL! All of these bother me.....

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Specializes in Neonatal.

For all my years of living in California and orienTING to a unit, it threw me way off when I moved to the Midwest and my coworkers asked how my orienTATING was going. Weird!

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

In the Baltimore Washington metro area, the term for incontinence dermatitis or any kind of moist red rash is gauded ( pronounced godded). Some nurses use the termed gauded in their charting. My New England self thought it meant some kind of street drug.

I know this is a little off topic, but could someone please explain why they use that expression and the origin of the word.

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In the Baltimore Washington metro area, the term for incontinence dermatitis or any kind of moist red rash is gauded ( pronounced godded). Some nurses use the termed gauded in their charting. My New England self thought it meant some kind of street drug.

I know this is a little off topic, but could someone please explain why they use that expression and the origin of the word.

A little South-west of D.C. it is said as "gaulded', which I have always taken as a regional pronunciation for "scalded". When skin is scalded, it is red like a rash.

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Specializes in critical care.
In the Baltimore Washington metro area, the term for incontinence dermatitis or any kind of moist red rash is gauded ( pronounced godded). Some nurses use the termed gauded in their charting. My New England self thought it meant some kind of street drug.

I know this is a little off topic, but could someone please explain why they use that expression and the origin of the word.

I grew up in the B/W metro area and I've never heard this word. I've heard gaudy, but that's not related. I'm curious to know what its origins are as well.

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I grew up in the B/W metro area and I've never heard this word. I've heard gaudy, but that's not related. I'm curious to know what its origins are as well.

Harumph! Since you obviously eschew my explanation above, ixchel, how about this one:

The word "gall" in Roget's Thesaurus gives alternate words such as : irritate, inflame, and chafe, all of which can be used to describe what is also sometimes referred to as 'urine burn' or diaper rash, both of which are red, moist rashes.

It is not unreasonable to progress from 'gall' to 'galled' to 'gallded' and thus pronounced as gaudded or godded (much in the way that the word 'breasts' is some places pronounced as 'breastes').

:D Does Your Miss Pickyness accede that​ explanation would be a reasonable one?

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

I used to say meTROpolol constantly to patients until I once really read the word and realized I was wrong all along. Then I started to call it properly as metoprolol. Occasionally I'll now call it Lopressor too.

Also used to pronounce meropenem as merAHpenem until a fellow nurse laughed at me, now I pronounce it meroPENum.

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Specializes in critical care.
No Stars In My Eyes said:
Harumph! Since you obviously eschew my explanation above, ixchel, how about this one:

The word "gall" in Roget's Thesaurus gives alternate words such as : irritate, inflame, and chafe, all of which can be used to describe what is also sometimes referred to as 'urine burn' or diaper rash, both of which are red, moist rashes.

It is not unreasonable to progress from 'gall' to 'galled' to 'gallded' and thus pronounced as gaudded or godded (much in the way that the word 'breasts' is some places pronounced as 'breastes').

 Does Your Miss Pickyness accede that explanation would be a reasonable one?

I have a lot of gall passing over your post, huh?

See, now my interest is is growing. I suppose this is where gall bladder got its name. Someone with cholelethiasis had a clever doc?

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

I want to get a job making up generic medication names; where can I apply?

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So, ROUTE. Do you say Root or Rowt?

I find it is definitely a regional thing.

I'm originally from Northeastern Mass, and always heard it said as 'root'.

I hear this both ways pretty frequently. I'm in Chicagoland. I say it as ROWT most often.

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ixchel said:

I have a lot of gall passing over your post, huh?

See, now my interest is is growing. I suppose this is where gall bladder got its name. Someone with cholelethiasis had a clever doc?

I admit to being somewhat bilious that you overlooked my explanation.

Clever doc said to himself, "Hmmm. This pear shaped cholecyst looks and acts somewhat like a bladder, and contains a bitter liquid. It galls me that my patient has to suffer so. I shall pluck this offending 'gall-bladder' from his torso, thereby eliminating the problem altogether."

History in the making. And now you know....the rest of the story! (apologies to Paul Harvey)

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Specializes in critical care.
I admit to being somewhat bilious that you overlooked my explanation.

Clever doc said to himself, "Hmmm. This pear shaped cholecyst looks and acts somewhat like a bladder, and contains a bitter liquid. It galls me that my patient has to suffer so. I shall pluck this offending 'gall-bladder' from his torso, thereby eliminating the problem altogether."

History in the making. And now you know....the rest of the story! (apologies to Paul Harvey)

Ahhhh liver humor. I'm loving it!

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