One thing that is nails on chalkboard to me is when I hear my fellow nurses use double negatives and other blatant grammar mistakes. I'm speaking of English as a first language, domestically born and raised people.
I feel as this detracts from the professional image of nursing. We are supposed to be educated professionals. Poor grammar makes nursing look like a blue collar trade to those who are educated, such as our physicians and many members of the public.
Let me clarify that I don't harshly judge the intelligence or moral character of people with poor grammar. But, I feel strongly that nurses should project an image of being educated professionals in our speech and demeanor. Thanks for reading.
But please, anonymous private messages to chastise me? Grow up and chastise me in your real usernames please!
Bullies everywhere. I personally decided to not even comment originally as I knew someone else would "slam" you for being wrong. It is a sad day when someone has to send a private message to chastise another. Are you sure we are all grown ups here?
Not only is it grammatically correct but also has regional usage and can hold different connotations.
I orientated a new grad yesterday.
I'm oriented to time, place and person.
To poke fun at this is really no different than teasing someone for having a southern drawl. It's offensive and serves no purpose. This thread should be closed.
Oh pulleezze...political correctness run amok:uhoh3:
No one is making fun of anyone. OP is giving her opinion on certain words that, believe it or not, were not in use in America until recently. Perhaps she is dating herself (and all of us who are of the same mindset), but dating oneself and making fun of others are not remotely related.
Exactly :) It's the holidays! Can't everyone just chill and have a sense of humour for at least a week around here? We have to laugh sometimes, othewise nursing would be just so depressing. Peace out homies! (Oh no...more slang...don't get me started. Ok, I will shut up now.)
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In Australia 'oriented" and 'orientated' are used interchangably.
I'm all for using a smaller word instead of a longer one, and wonder why the American vernacular - usually of like philosophy - created 'burglarized' when 'burgled' was already available.
I'm not sure . . .but in my case it would be because my nurse-imagery filled brain immediately thinks burgled or is burgling is a combination of a burp and a gurgle, and you really don't want your patient to have that!!!
I'd just have to chill on that one. Couldn't be worse that the brainiac on craigslist looking to sale 2 datsun puppys'.
Reminds me of a story in the Boulder Daily Camera some years back about a dog who was a "Quiche Hound". Not at all a surprise that Boulder is populated by thousands of quiche eaters, but they are also animal lovers, and boy were those owners of keeshonds offended!!
Thank you! Orientate, irregardless and preventative are all English words created in the English language and used legitimately by English people. That's the original English language that you Americans ruined! When I first moved to America I laughed at "orient" because it sounded so silly. It sounds like one should come from China!
Just remember...we invented the language first!
I'm pretty sure "irregardless" is not a word, but the others are.
I love these threads, they always highlight the huge differences between different cultures and countries.
I've commented a few times during the years I have spent here on how I sometimes struggle to understand some of the US posters, we appear to speak the same language but it is actually quite different in many ways.
I'd also like to add it's not just the English that use the word Orientate, us Welsh do as well :)
I'm pretty sure "irregardless" is not a word, but the others are.
ahh now there is some controversy over that, according to Websters:
Irregardless is primarily found in North America, most notably in Boston and surrounding areas, where for instance, it was used in the title of a poetry evening 'irregardless of content' at The Baron of Srebrenica, primarily to keep it in circulation. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, and was first acknowledged in 1912 by the Wentworth American Dialect Dictionary as originating from western Indiana. Barely a decade later, the usage dispute over irregardless was such that, in 1923, Literary Digest published an article titled "Is There Such a Word as Irregardless in the English Language?"
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Orientate, irregardless and preventative are all English words created in the English language and used legitimately by English people. That's the original English language that you Americans ruined! When I first moved to America I laughed at "orient" because it sounded so silly. It sounds like one should come from China!
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Bullies everywhere. I personally decided to not even comment originally as I knew someone else would "slam" you for being wrong. It is a sad day when someone has to send a private message to chastise another. Are you sure we are all grown ups here?