Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

[ixchel]

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?!

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

Not a pronunciation, but during an inservice, the presenter said, multiple times, "on-hands" in place of "hands-on."

[WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN]

I love this word!! I love saying it!

As well as glomerulonephritis

And a few other tongue twisters!!

They're fun!!!

I like saying the whole words for ERCP

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoscopy

[WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN]

Cool WHip!

"Why are you putting so much emphasis on the H?"

I love that.

[WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN]

ixchel said:

Nope! Do share!

Hyperbole and a Half: The Party

[jobellestarr]

After reading about lung sounds, my husband asked me what "raunchy" lungs were.

[Brandon1981]

-Alltimers

-Amniodarone

-Incubated (intubated)

-Diebeetus

-Spina Biffy

 

 

[Luke79AU]

Any use of product names, not drug names. 

[Brandon1981]

WKShadowNP said:

I like saying the whole words for ERCP

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoscopy

I'm going to need you to speak English, please. 

[DavidFR, BSN, MSN, RN]

Do you have Smecta in the US? An anti-diarrhoea medication.

I had a patient who told me she was fine now since she was taking Smegma.

 

I worked in the South-West of England in the 80s where everybody made "s" into "sh". Inshulin was a pet hate. Multiple Shclerosis. Shinus Rhythm. 

They also couldn't pronounce the word "specific" which became "pacific".

"So for the pacific reason....." and I would answer, "Not the atlantic reason?"

 Now don't get me started on the differences between UK and US English. The pavement is the sidewalk to us, not the road. You don't enter a building on the first floor, it's the ground floor - the first floor is one level up.  Z is pronounced zed not zee. Color is colour and labor is labour. Diarrhea is diarrhoea and fetus is foetus. You never drink OJ - it's orange juice.  Normalcy doesn't exist, it's normality.

Oh, and NEVER tell a British woman you're going to give her an injection in the f*nny. She'll run a mile. It's not the same thing.

[DavidFR, BSN, MSN, RN]

For years I used to slip up and say "He's a diabetic induced steroid". I've finally got it right now.

[DavidFR, BSN, MSN, RN]

One more I see all the time on here. In British English an EKG is ALWAYS an ECG.

[Alnitak7]

DavidFR said:

Oh, and NEVER tell a British woman you're going to give her an injection in the f*nny. She'll run a mile. It's not the same thing.

It's off the subject but anyone being told they're getting an "injection in the fanny" should run.  Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's a shot in the flesh of the hip and not in the butt.   I don't know why they tell people this. Neither do I know why patients announce this like they're proud of it.    https://www.physio-pedia.com/Sciatic_Nerve_Injury#:~:text=Injection palsy can begin suddenly,trained staff or unqualified staff.