Unusual pronunciations

[STC]

Hi all

I was discussing this with a fellow pharmacist the other day and thought it a suitable thread for the forum.

Many people pronounce words in different ways and I have certainly come across a fair few myself. Some are rather funny so if you've got any, please reply !

Co-Codamol - Pronounced Coke-a-day-mol by a patient
ferrous sulphate - the elderly patient didn't understand why I smiled when she called then ferocious sulphate.
Paracetamol - When I had just qualified I was asked for a packet of parak-ta-mol Took me far too long to understand what the heck the guy wanted

And my favorite.....

Disposable Co-codamol



Stephen

[greenmonkey]

I once had a man ask me for oil of tom. Of course I knew he meant oilatum (not)

[JayEm]

lol the ones I've heard include:
Apilopidine
O-me-prazole
Metamorphin

[weeneldo]

As a student was asked for a product on "that alignments thing". I managed to work out she meant the Minor Ailments Scheme.

Also, I've heard many patients and many members of pharmacy staff talking about the "Smoking Sensation" service.

Also had a lecturer at Uni who used to say i-BEWPRO-fen, as opposed to the normal pronunciation of IBEW-profen. It always made me wonder how someone could get a PhD in pharmacology and be a Professor for all these years without realising they pronounce ibuprofen completely differently from anyone else.

[greenmonkey]

We get lots of people asking for disposable aspirin and one patient asked me to order her lanzarote (lansoprazole), makes us smile if nothing else x

[tinx25388]

We have one regular patient who comes in for her husbands "premisoline" - or prednisolone!

[shan]

Amoxicillian

Diapam

Simvastin

Ezetimbi

Pregalibin

Lactoseloose

Lisipri, enapri, Rampiril

But the best part is when the customer puts in a request slip which asks for, please order my blood pressure, asthma, pain, cholestrol, contipation. And can you please deliver after 6pm as I am going for shopping. (Literally written on a slip)

Shan

[greenmonkey]

Bendomethizide is another good one and Glyceryl Trinit trate. We also deal with scripts from the memory clinic and one lady always asks for Donna Peezil (Donepezil)

[hibernia]

Also had a lecturer at Uni who used to say i-BEWPRO-fen, as opposed to the normal pronunciation of IBEW-profen. It always made me wonder how someone could get a PhD in pharmacology and be a Professor for all these years without realising they pronounce ibuprofen completely differently from anyone else.

Simple. They never listen to 'ordinary' people and if they do happen to hear it pronounced differently from how they say it then it is obvious that the other person is wrong, but they would be too polite to point that out.

[Pharmanaut]

Simple. They never listen to 'ordinary' people and if they do happen to hear it pronounced differently from how they say it then it is obvious that the other person is wrong, but they would be too polite to point that out.

Lecturers are well know for getting students in knots by making "hyper" and "hypo" sound exactly the same.
I guess its similar with afferent and efferent as well.