How do you pronouce your specialty?

[Nerdoscience]

I was wondering if there are any regional or age-related trends for how OB/GYN is pronounced. I grew up hearing Oh Bee Gee Why Enn. Then, in med school it was Oh Bee Gyne. Now, I also hear Oh bee Jin, especially from older people. Does anyone know?

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[Mr. McDuck]

?? I've never heard it pronounced any way but Oh Bee Gee Why Enn.

EDIT: Just as an aside, I am not saying that I don't believe that you've heard people pronounce it those ways, I'm only saying I've never heard it before.

 

[fuzzyerin]

I've heard it so many ways at this point ~ OB/Gyne and Ob Gee Why Enn are probably the more common ones. It's like Nick U and Nyke U ~ I swore I'd never say Nyke U but that's the way everyone at my program says it and I catch myself not remembering how to say it "the right way"....

 

[Nerdoscience]

Or the Enn Aye. Or the Enn Aye See You. And is that the neonatal ICU or the Neuroscience ICU?

But seriously, does anyone know if the OB/GYN thing is geographic or age-related? I had never heard any pronunciation other than Oh Bee Gee Why Enn until med school. Then it was all Oh Bee Gyne. Now, every once in awhile, I hear the Oh Bee Jin one. Just wondering what other people have noticed.

 

[UCLAMAN]

Or the Enn Aye. Or the Enn Aye See You. And is that the neonatal ICU or the Neuroscience ICU?

i didn't know there was a neuroscience icu? what do they do there? intubate rats subjected to TBI or what? are there morris water mazes in every room? or maybe its a place to take care of aplysias that have become sensitized or habituated?

 

[Carbo/Taxol]

Are you kidding me?
What a pointless thread...

 

[Mr. McDuck]

And yet, you've managed to contribute a post even more worthless than the thread itself. Good job.

 

[doughboy]

you guys are hilarious, thanks for the laugh!

 

[DrWuStar]

i didn't know there was a neuroscience icu? what do they do there? intubate rats subjected to TBI or what? are there morris water mazes in every room? or maybe its a place to take care of aplysias that have become sensitized or habituated?

i could laugh all day.

 

[Nerdoscience]

Pointless? Yes. Serious? Yes. Honestly, do you know?

And the Neuro ICU is for pts with neuro-related problems like myasthenia gravis, or post-op neurosurg pts. Many hospitals have one. It's also abbreviated NS-ICU in some places.

 

[BeatrixKiddo]

I pronounce it Obgin (rhymes with slob-fin).

 

[UCLAMAN]

Pointless? Yes. Serious? Yes. Honestly, do you know?

And the Neuro ICU is for pts with neuro-related problems like myasthenia gravis, or post-op neurosurg pts. Many hospitals have one. It's also abbreviated NS-ICU in some places.

NICU is just plain neurological/neurology intensive care unit. there are probably a few places that call it the neuroscience icu.
NS-ICU = neurosurgical intensive care unit in my book.

it just sounds lame to me to call it the neuroscience icu. neuroscience was my undergrad major, trust me i know quite a bit about the field. but in my book i hear neuroscience it conjures up morris water mazes, aplysias and rodents not MG, MS, SCA patients.

 

[tiredmom]

Here in Tejas, we say "o-b-gin". Had a visiting student from East coast that kept saying "o-b-gyne" . That was the first I'd heard that pronunciation.

 

[Apollyon]

I'd heard from several people from the UK during a formative part of my education "obs and gynie" (pronounced guy-knee), and that's what I say. Pejoratively, in Brooklyn, I'd heard "obs and gobs".

The variation (mostly) seems to be on the "GYN" part. I guess that's a good thing about regionalism - when someone comes from somewhere else, they "add their distinctiveness to the collective".

 

[DebDynamite]

Here in Tejas, we say "o-b-gin". Had a visiting student from East coast that kept saying "o-b-gyne" . That was the first I'd heard that pronunciation.

The Texans appear to like "Jin"- we have an intern in surgery who is from TX and that is what she says. But everyone else I have ever heard (SE and E Coast) said "Gyn".

 

[JackBauERfan]

Are you kidding me?
What a pointless thread...

this is about 4 weeks late, but if you want pointless threads go to the EM forum and check out "path's lead is shrinking" thread started about a year ago and going strong! IT too is a pointless thread, but starting to have a point haha.

 

[sjkpark]

I'd heard from several people from the UK during a formative part of my education "obs and gynie" (pronounced guy-knee), and that's what I say. Pejoratively, in Brooklyn, I'd heard "obs and gobs".

The variation (mostly) seems to be on the "GYN" part. I guess that's a good thing about regionalism - when someone comes from somewhere else, they "add their distinctiveness to the collective".

I say Obs-and-guyknee or simply oh-and-gee. O&G.

 

[TY06]

what do you tell the lay people? many, ones who havent had kids yet, dont know what obgyn is.

 

[sprinkibrio]

another vote for texans saying "gin"