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Today, I heard a radio commercial for back problems and treatment. The man clearly stating "Spinal Stenosis" as if the first 4 letters were pronounced spin... as in take a car for a spin; the washing machine will spin...
Today, I heard a radio commercial for back problems and treatment. The man clearly stating "Spinal Stenosis" as if the first 4 letters were pronounced spin... as in take a car for a spin; the washing machine will spin...
That commercial may have been produced by the same dolts who did a commercial awhile back for a product that purported to help alleviate the symptoms of Tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Unfortunately, the narrator of this radio commercial pronounced the condition as, "Tin-eye-tus".
If company manufacturing this nostrum doesn't even care about the pronunciation of the name of the medical problem, what is the probability that their, "cure", will be effective?
TINNITUS is pronounced either ti-NIGHT-us or TIN-i-tus. Both pronunciations are correct; the American Tinnitus Association uses ti-NIGHT-us. The word is of Latin origin, meaning "to ring or tinkle like a bell."
TINNITUS is pronounced either ti-NIGHT-us or TIN-i-tus. Both pronunciations are correct; the American Tinnitus Association uses ti-NIGHT-us. The word is of Latin origin, meaning "to ring or tinkle like a bell."
That is very helpful.
Now I have to figure out a way to tell all of the MDs and Nurse Practitioners whom I know that they don't need to restrict themselves to saying, TIN-i-tus.
I'm sure that they will be relieved.
Or not...
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