MD: "Can you find me a [what I heard as] SANtimeter measure?"
SS: "I'm sorry, I don't know what that is."
MD: [looking at me like I'm dumber than dirt] "A SANtimeter measure."
SS: [scratching head] "SANtimeter... SANti... CENTimeter? A centimeter measure? You want a measuring tape?"
MD: rolling eyes "Yes."
Next time she wants something, I think we'll have better luck playing Charades.
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As a transcriptionist (yes, we still exist), I am constantly amazed at the horrific mispronunciation of simple words and common meds. I won't even get into grammar....sigh. Sontometer and santimeter are pretty common ones though.
The one that really was hard to get used to was when some would dictate "full stop," for a period at the end of the sentence.
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