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Probably a stupid question, but is the word Roentgen ever used by Radiologists or anyone in any medical field? Do you know if it used to be used and would you sound stupid if you used it instead of x-ray?

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I've been wondering this as well. The text I'm using routinely uses the terms "roentgenogram" and "radiograph" interchangably, but I've never actually heard any physicians or surgeons using the former. I'm sure it's used by radiologists more frequently since they're more inclined to nerdy tendencies.
 
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lol, i dont even know how to pronounce it. I have been seeing it a lot in my introduction to radiology text which is by british authors i think. I thought it was an older form of saying x-ray.

Anyways, how is it pronounced?
 
It's pronounced RAYN-kin. And no, we don't use it in the US unless we're refering to the Roentgen Ray Society meeting. I've worked in London and New Zealand with radiologists from across the British Commonwealth; none has regularly used the term.
 
I've never heard anyone pronounce it that way, but I guess it may depend on where the particular radiologist is from. While I've spoken with radiologists from Germany, I've never actually heard any of them say "Roentgen."
 
I thought it was a euro thing but then I thought of the American Roentgen Ray Society and American Journal of Roentgenology.


Since we're on this pronunciation thing, what is with "Sahnt-uh-meter". I used to think it was just a weird thing my dad did when reading films, but then I noticed at least a dozen other radiologists and a few other specialities as well.
 
MossPoh said:
what is with "Sahnt-uh-meter". I used to think it was just a weird thing my dad did when reading films, but then I noticed at least a dozen other radiologists and a few other specialities as well.
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These things creep into our vocabulary as we assimilate into the culture of medicine. In second year of med school, people suddenly start talking about certain books and lectures being high or low yield. My least favorite is dilatation. I've tried to minimize medical jargon in my speak, partially because I spend a fair amount of time talking to patients and other non-medical folks.

Outside of medicine it happens, too, of course. Being a soccer fan, it irks me to hear American sports reporters pronounce derby as DAR-by solely because that's how folks in the UK say it.
 
MossPoh said:
I thought it was a euro thing but then I thought of the American Roentgen Ray Society and American Journal of Roentgenology.


Since we're on this pronunciation thing, what is with "Sahnt-uh-meter". I used to think it was just a weird thing my dad did when reading films, but then I noticed at least a dozen other radiologists and a few other specialities as well.
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I hate that. It's as if these pretentious ******s are trying to sound upper-crust by saying "sahnt-uh-meter" instead of the proper pronounciation, "sent-uh-meter".

Apparently, and there's actually an article on this somewhere, the origin for the stick-up-ones-ass pronounciation comes from the French pronounciation: "sahnt-uh-met". I guess it's supposed to sound more elegant. However, somewhere along the line, a few New Yorker-fanning *****s decided to fuse the French "sahnt" with the English "meter".

I hate it. It angers me.
 
Substance said:
I hate that. It's as if these pretentious ******s are trying to sound upper-crust by saying "sahnt-uh-meter" instead of the proper pronounciation, "sent-uh-meter".

Apparently, and there's actually an article on this somewhere, the origin for the stick-up-ones-ass pronounciation comes from the French pronounciation: "sahnt-uh-met". I guess it's supposed to sound more elegant. However, somewhere along the line, a few New Yorker-fanning *****s decided to fuse the French "sahnt" with the English "meter".

I hate it. It angers me.
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It ends up sounding idiotic...like when someone says PIN number
 
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