"CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

tulip928 · May 30, 2006

geekgolightly said:
these are very different horses here. "nucular" is not a different pronunciation of nuclear, it is flat out wrong. bush, who probably began pronouncing this without understanding it, has come to use it as a way to keep in touch with the people = manipulate, which makes his vernacular cute-ism disgusting.

Note: Jimmy Carter also pronounced it "nucular". Hmmm. Is it your opinion that he was a kinda stupid and a manipulator, too?

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 30, 2006

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"nucular" is not a different pronunciation of nuclear, it is flat out wrong.

Grandma pronounced it this way as well. It may have been wrong (and she did try to pronounce it right), but it's not like we had a hard time figuring out what she meant.

RN4NICU, LPN, LVN · May 30, 2006

anne74 said:
As a nursing student, my professor pronounced it "sonometer" and I was so confused for several classes. I thought a sonometer was a new metric unit or something. Regardless if it sounds snooty or French, it can be very confusing to newer students and even patients. Only the medical community has ever heard of a "sonometer". Perhaps consider the audience you're using the "sonometer" thing with, if you want to effectively communicate with them.

Not true. I had 2 different chemistry professors, a biology professor, and a physiology professor all of whom pronounced it "sontimeters" instead of "centimeters". It is really a tomayto/tomahto type of thing. No right or wrong. Not particular to the medical community.

Nu-cu-lar and nu-key-ler, on the other hand, drive me up the wall!

anonymurse · May 31, 2006

geekgolightly said:
these are very different horses here. "nucular" is not a different pronunciation of nuclear, it is flat out wrong. bush, who probably began pronouncing this without understanding it, has come to use it as a way to keep in touch with the people = manipulate, which makes his vernacular cute-ism disgusting.

No, he's from Texas, where "warehouse" is "wirehouse" and "wire" is "wahr."

allnurses Guide · May 31, 2006

kurosawa said:
No, he's from Texas, where "warehouse" is "wirehouse" and "wire" is "wahr."

Thanks.

I think the reason people don't like the way President Bush pronounces it is based on the fact that they don't like him.

If someone "you" (the generic you) liked said it, then "you" would cut them some slack. Like Marie's grandma.

steph

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 31, 2006

stevielynn said:
Thanks.
I think the reason people don't like the way President Bush pronounces it is based on the fact that they don't like him.
If someone "you" (the generic you) liked said it, then "you" would cut them some slack. Like Marie's grandma.
steph

Somewhat agree with this.

PANurseRN1 · May 31, 2006

Whatever. I'm still saying "centimeter" the way I learned to pronounce it, and if someone wants to peg me as a snob or elitist, so be it. I have my thoughts about them, too.

allnurses Guide · May 31, 2006

Marie_LPN said:
Somewhat agree with this.

Thanks Marie - I think . . . :roll

steph

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 31, 2006

The phrasing of it, i can't assume it's the main reason for people in general disliking the pronounciation.

allnurses Guide · May 31, 2006

Marie_LPN said:
The phrasing of it, i can't assume it's the main reason for people in general disliking the pronounciation.

You are right - change it to "SOME" people.

steph

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 31, 2006

stevielynn said:
What is cool is that when I started nursing school when I was 38, they took that chemistry class as credit and I didn't have to take it in college.
steph

Me too. My high school chemistry was all I needed. But I had to pick an RN to BSN program where it was required and took it at a college level. It was online, so I don't know how the prof. pronounced it.

Biggun Wiggun · Oct 6, 2009

Sonometer or sontimeter is simply proof that our medical professionals are not properly educated. It's a freakin' centimeter people. I just wrote up 2 nurses for using invalid terminology. This is the USA, not France, do not use that language here, and damn sure not in my OR.