things said wrong that drive you crazy

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Ok. So I'll start by saying that when I hear the office or a nurse say "orientate", it is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Its orient, not orientate.

Another one is O2 "stat". Its O2 sat, as in saturation.

Its trach, not "trache".

Or parents who tell me their kid has a trachea...I sure hope so! I want to tell them their kid isn't special for that and that we all have a trachea.

Parents that tell their kid I'll give them a shot if they don't behave. I'm not around to cause pain or scare a child.

And parents that speak Walmart! When they tell me they want to "axe me" I fear for my life or my job and then they just ask me a question.

Incorrect spelling of meds. It can lead to a med error. The med name is on the container. It can be looked up online if needed. I can't stand hearing "Phenergren", its phenergan.

Seeing/hearing yankauer spelled/said incorrectly. Passy-Muir is another.

Formula doesn't always have milk in it. Some patients are allergic to milk/dairy. Calling it milk and saying you don't want your kid to drink milk because its too much milk just sounds silly.

I'll think of more. Any others?

Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
Another good one- "will you take a pitcher of me?"

"No but I will take your PIC-TURE"

Guilty, sorry. I also say "oil" as one syllable...same with "iron."

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Specializes in CICU.
Guilty, sorry. I also say "oil" as one syllable...same with "iron."

I don't even like the way I say oil, sounds like a cross between owl and ohl... but I can't seem to change it!

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Do you guys pronounce it shure or shore hahaha

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Do you guys pronounce it shure or shore hahaha

I used to say shore but now I say shire

Also I use to pronounce water as "Wutter"

Now before it comes out I consciously make myself say it wah-ter

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I pronounce it harrible instead of horrible. I say ahrange instead of orange. I can't say coop when I am talking about like a chicken coop. I pronounce it quoop. No idea why.

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.
I pronounce it harrible instead of horrible. I say ahrange instead of orange. I can't say coop when I am talking about like a chicken coop. I pronounce it quoop. No idea why.

That drives me crazy. I can't stand it when I hear it pronounced that way. If I remember right, the dictionary says it can be pronounced either way. But to me (personal opinion and not an attack) logic says that if are and or are pronounced different that the same combination of letters should sound the same consistently. "o"doesn't have the same sound as "a"and that shouldn't change. Same goes for words like Florida, forest, etc. Follwing the logic of pronouncing "or" as "are", how would you pronounce corn? Carn? Or morning as marning? See what I mean? I think it just sounds silly. And yes, I've thought about it a few times because it drives me so crazy. One of my quirks I guess.

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I had a conversation today in which everyone was getting "stints" put in. STENTS, people. Stents.

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Specializes in Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing.

That drives me crazy. I can't stand it when I hear it pronounced that way. If I remember right, the dictionary says it can be pronounced either way. But to me (personal opinion and not an attack) logic says that if are and or are pronounced different that the same combination of letters should sound the same consistently. "o"doesn't have the same sound as "a"and that shouldn't change. Same goes for words like Florida, forest, etc. Follwing the logic of pronouncing "or" as "are", how would you pronounce corn? Carn? Or morning as marning? See what I mean? I think it just sounds silly. And yes, I've thought about it a few times because it drives me so crazy. One of my quirks I guess.

It's regional. I say "horrible Florida oranges" with a short O sound as in "frog", "hog", or "dog". So does everyone in my neck of the world. You wouldn't say those words w a long O, would you?

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.

It's regional. I say "horrible Florida oranges" with a short O sound as in "frog", "hog", or "dog". So does everyone in my neck of the world. You wouldn't say those words w a long O, would you?

But there is no"r"after the "o". So the vowel has a different sound. "og"is a different sound from "or". Following the same set of rules, form would be pronounced farm. Just doesn't make sense to me. I know certain areas say it more than others. Would be interesting to hear from an expert about it. Like I said, one of my quirks. :-)

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I hear "worser" a lot. Drives me crazy! As for "often" I have never heard anyone not pronounce the "t" and it sounds wrong to say it without it. Actually I have, usually by the same people who say worser :) "I get this pain pretty offen, but it's worser today."

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am-ba-lance, pt's saying "the law" when they mean the police, ana-bot-ics, example "When I'm gon get my anabotics?", and perscription instead of prescription. Can you tell I'm in the south? LOL

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