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ladyjane · 10-09-2013, 07:55 AM

One of mine:

Instead of I would HAVE or I should HAVE

People write I would OF or I should OF

I have to sit on my hands and also often remind myself that many people just have a hard time with grammar.

kjc · 10-09-2013, 07:59 AM

As for medical lingo... my MIL came to me one day wanting some Ibupropane as she felt 'off' and thought her electric lights were out of balance.

kjc · 10-09-2013, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ladyjane

One of mine:

Instead of I would HAVE or I should HAVE

People write I would OF or I should OF

I have to sit on my hands and also often remind myself that many people just have a hard time with grammar.

Haha! Yeah, but some things sound right when spoken, just goes crazy when you try to write it down....

I'm trying to figure out 'a whole nother '.... is 'whole' inserted into 'another' for emphasis? Like 'be f**kin' have'?

Marhcarter · 10-09-2013, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kjc

As for medical lingo... my MIL came to me one day wanting some Ibupropane as she felt 'off' and thought her electric lights were out of balance.

Bwaahahahahah

yorkietalkjilly · 10-09-2013, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kjc

As for medical lingo... my MIL came to me one day wanting some Ibupropane as she felt 'off' and thought her electric lights were out of balance.

Electric lights were out of balance! Oh, my, love it!

My old boss told of a patient's mother in the Parkland ER where he was interning as a young doctor who told him her 20-something son he was treating had Smilin' Mighty Jesus as a teenager when giving the young guy's Past Medical History. When he said he didn't know what that was, she described symptoms of Meningitis and she was trying to say the long term - Spinal Meningitis. Since then I've learned that more than a few people in the South used call to Meningitis Smilin' Mighty Jesus! You can even find that term on the Internet.

Medical mispronunciations and spellings are some of the funniest. Lots of our patients listed staff infections and arthuritis. So many women talked about having a positive mammiogram.

ladyjane · 10-09-2013, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kjc

Haha! Yeah, but some things sound right when spoken, just goes crazy when you try to write it down....

I'm trying to figure out 'a whole nother '.... is 'whole' inserted into 'another' for emphasis? Like 'be f**kin' have'?

hahahaha I love the last one

Ellie May · 10-11-2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kjc

As for medical lingo... my MIL came to me one day wanting some Ibupropane as she felt 'off' and thought her electric lights were out of balance.

LMBO!

Best organic chemistry joke ever.

Ellie May · 10-11-2013, 08:10 PM

I try to keep quiet about grammar because some people just really don't get it.
But...some don't even try.

To/too/two
Your/you're
There/their/they're

I have a soft spot for affect/effect, who/whom, and a few others because I have a hard time with them.

I could care less. Makes no sense.

With internet chat in general, I don't like all caps, run-on sentences (even if you don't know where the period goes, try), or one long paragraph.

On another note, I have eye issues. Two of the fastest ways for you to get me to avoid reading your post would be to use really weird font that is hard to follow or colors that do not contrast well.

Princes mom · 10-13-2013, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Marhcarter

In the ED, people here in the south have a lot of vomikkin' instead of vomiting (after they are nauserated, of course) and they get "pancre-itis" instead of pancreatitis. And like Annie (dollydoodle) said, after saying it wrong a bunch of times (in jest), it becomes hard to say it right again! There are many, many more...in fact there are whole web sites dedicated just to the funny stuff people say in the ED...but those are among my top 5.

The doctors laugh at my triages because I put in quotes exactly what the patient tells me. Who am I to assume what they meant to say?

My mom always said that practice makes permanent...not always perfect!

Princes mom · 10-13-2013, 05:45 AM

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You're/your

Has really bugged me lately. I'm the cell phone typo queen but seriously typos vs lack of knowledge of conjunctions gets to me.

Conjunctions and interchangable spoken words: their, there, they're in bothers me.

I've been called "grammar police" on FB because my only comment on a post is to correct the grammaar of the post itself.

I dropped a young family member from my fb page because of her poor grammar.

Rhetts_mama · 10-14-2013, 03:03 PM

Irregardless drives me nuts!

Princes mom · 11-17-2013, 04:10 PM

Any more?

misskate · 11-18-2013, 02:40 PM

I'm a hotbed of grammatical errors and misspelling and I am an librarian and ESL teacher. I have loads of reference books and love my spell check. My conclusion is that English is one of the trickiest languages in the world.(You can send this back to me with any corrections needed)

Princes mom · 11-24-2013, 09:17 PM

I've seen this one in a few posts, and wondered what it was...noone!

It is two words ~no one~!!

10-09-2013, 07:55 AM	#121
ladyjane Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 27,490	One of mine: Instead of I would HAVE or I should HAVE People write I would OF or I should OF I have to sit on my hands and also often remind myself that many people just have a hard time with grammar. __________________ CLOUD NINE BEDS--YORKIE HAVEN RESCUE MY ETSY SHOP

10-09-2013, 07:59 AM	#122
kjc I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 18,872	As for medical lingo... my MIL came to me one day wanting some Ibupropane as she felt 'off' and thought her electric lights were out of balance. __________________ Kat Chloe Lizzy PeekABooTinkerbell SapphireInfinity

10-11-2013, 08:10 PM	#128
Ellie May And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 17,928	I try to keep quiet about grammar because some people just really don't get it. But...some don't even try. To/too/two Your/you're There/their/they're I have a soft spot for affect/effect, who/whom, and a few others because I have a hard time with them. I could care less. Makes no sense. With internet chat in general, I don't like all caps, run-on sentences (even if you don't know where the period goes, try), or one long paragraph. On another note, I have eye issues. Two of the fastest ways for you to get me to avoid reading your post would be to use really weird font that is hard to follow or colors that do not contrast well. __________________ Crystal, Ellie May (RIP), Rylee Finnegan, and Gracie Boo🐶

10-14-2013, 03:03 PM	#131
Rhetts_mama Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 5,959 Blog Entries: 1	Irregardless drives me nuts! __________________ Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.

11-17-2013, 04:10 PM	#132
Princes mom YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 4,566	Any more? __________________ Prince, rest in peace. We miss you and love you so much.

11-18-2013, 02:40 PM	#133
misskate YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: italy Posts: 263	I'm a hotbed of grammatical errors and misspelling and I am an librarian and ESL teacher. I have loads of reference books and love my spell check. My conclusion is that English is one of the trickiest languages in the world.(You can send this back to me with any corrections needed)

11-24-2013, 09:17 PM	#134
Princes mom YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 4,566	I've seen this one in a few posts, and wondered what it was...noone! It is two words ~no one~!! __________________ Prince, rest in peace. We miss you and love you so much. Last edited by Princes mom; 11-24-2013 at 09:19 PM.