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Dear Doc..please do not spell every single word - nmv

Posted: Feb 22, 2013

It is really annoying when simple words are spelled out..like I am a total I-D-I-O-T!

I actually had one spell body B-O-D-Y for me! - LOL (nm)

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I had one that spelled his attending so fast I couldn't decipher what he was saying - mona

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I tried looking it up but it was ridiculous

How about - Dear Doc - Please....

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Please stop mumbling so that the only thing I can hear is sounds ON THIS 120 MINUTE DICTATION!!!!!!

Examples:

Word is Right AC joint. He says "i aye-see oi"

Word is normal exam. He says "or zam"

Word is Right hand. He says "i an"

120 minutes of this. Very few whole words.

And he is as American born as I am. Alright off my soap box, only 84 more minutes to go on this. Had to vent.

I had one PA spell - K-a-n-s-a-s C-i-t-y

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and darn near every other word in the report when I was working in Kansas City. And, if she screwed up and just said Kansas City, that's k-a-n-s-a-s correction... that should be CAPITAL K little a little n little s, etc. I wanted to hunt her down and SLAP her.

On the other hand... - spelling can help, too.

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I'll put up with some "obvious" spellings if it also means that I'm able to decipher some mumbled or mispronounced medications, etc. The other day, I had someone who said "memantadine", which was an ambiguity between "memantine" and "amantadine". Fortunately, they spelled "memantine" and resolved the ambiguity.

As annoying as it might be, occasional unnecessary spellings can simply be ignored, while spellings that help you resolve mispronunciations, etc., can be life-savers.

Don't gripe about it. If you don't need the spelling, just ignore it. Big deal!

Dear Doc - Anna-Marie

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I so want to add under their comment box on our platform: Dear Doctor, I speak three languages fluently. English is one of them.

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