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    Image of messyhead messyhead
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    (really white) med student in boston here - everyone always says O-B-Guyn (as in rhymes with fine) or O-B-G-Y-N. I prefer the first one, it is quicker, altho O-B-Gynie is cuter. I didn't even realize that not everyone would recognize O-B-Guyn, maybe this is why sometimes people look at me like I'm crazy... or maybe it's cuz I'm crazy.
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    Image of Liz11685 Liz11685
    03/06/09

    @messyhead: I think OB- Guyn is the Boston term for , as that is what I have heard from medical people there. I cannot attest to what it is in any other part of the country- in So Cal where I live now we usually call it the gynecologist among friends, I don't really know any medical people.
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    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    Heard it myself; lived in Chicago for seven years, and worked in healthcare for three of them. Also dated a doctor-type for two years there, so yes, another Chicago data point.
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    Image of sybann sybann
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    I have heard this before - mostly in the Midwest. That may explain it.


    I prefer scary doctor with the hurty thingies.

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    Image of prestocaro fears the culling prestocaro fears the culling
    03/05/09

    @sybann: LOL

    She put the light on my privates and there are stirrups!
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    I'm a med student in Chicago, and I frequently say and hear OB-Gyn pronounced that way. But I'm 1/2 black, so maybe it's just that. :-P
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    Image of MockMyWorld MockMyWorld
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    I'm an ex-midwesterner (though with no medical background) and have never heard this usage before, but Obama says it with such total assurance that I believe in its realness. This is a guy who had the Presidential oath memorized word for word; he wouldn't get something like this wrong.


    Fascinating linguistic discussion, BTW!

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    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    I'd decipher the Secret Black People Language for you, but then I'd have to kill you.
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    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: he he
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    Image of argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw? argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    i've heard this a lot; daddy's a doctor, mommy's a nurse... we're friends with a diverse array of medical folk.
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    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    Black person with fam in Chi-town here; yes, I've heard this before. It's regional, not necessarily "Black".


    At least this POTUS doesn't make up words, ya dig?

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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: I never heard anyone in Chicago say it like that... Black or otherwise.
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    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: ah. that explains it. i'm from chicago originally.


    chi-town wooooooo!

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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/05/09

    @EKane: ...But I don't talk about OB-GYN's often so I think my experience is skewed.
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    Image of Violet Kakapo Violet Kakapo
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: Agreed on the regional thing. I'm from Ohio and have heard it used fairly frequently.
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    Image of argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw? argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
    03/05/09

    @EKane: really? i've heard it. from the mouths of doctors and nurses no less.
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    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    03/05/09

    @EKane: Yeah, from medical people.
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    Image of kickingthecrap kickingthecrap
    03/05/09

    @Violet Kakapo: @argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: yeah, MY MOM says it this way. Like it's not bad enough to discuss your vag with your mother when you're 14 and really into grunge, she has to bring "obee-guynee" into it. Ah, memory.
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    03/05/09

    @kickingthecrap: aren't those talks just precious?
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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: I would respond to everyone but that's a lot of clickin'!

    I'll have to keep my ears open for it. It sounds like something my midwestern-bred mom would say though.
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: My bestest friend, who grew up in Chicago, would like me to chime in on her behalf and say that obie guy-neys is "authentic midwestern patois"; also, it took her forever to learn NOT to say it that way.
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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/05/09

    @CherriSpryte:


    "authentic midwestern patois"

    Love it!!

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    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: My aunt is a doctor in Chicago (Black also) that was an OBGYN for a few years and she pronounced it Obie Guy-Nee also - pattern?
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    Image of Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!) Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!)
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: I'm a native Chicagoan (white, from the burbs) and grew up calling them obi-guy-nees.


    Mostly I call mine my "obstetrician" now that I'm knocked up and my "gynecologist" when I'm not. Or my "lady parts doctor" when I'm being funny. But my mom and all her peers go to the obi-guy-nee. And sometimes I still slip and say obi-guy-nee, but living my early independent (and ob/gyn-going) adulthood outside the midwest kinda knocked it out of my vocabulary.

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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    03/05/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee: Bachelor at Large: From NE Ohio here and have heard it either way - either spelled out O-B-G-Y-N or Obie-gynie. (In my family it was always the O-B-G-Y-N though.)
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    Image of Sainte Clare Sainte Clare
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    I'm in medical school, and most of health care professionals I've met say either "Obie Guyn", the second word of which would rhyme with "fine", or they spell it out. I've never heard anyone say "Obie Guynee".


    Malpratice rates for Ob/Gyns are shocking, though; they can get into the six figures. It's brutal and it definitely drives some people away from the specialty.

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    03/05/09

    @Sainte Clare: Mrs. chritter just got out of med school, she spells it out most of the time, although occasionally she'll say 'gyno.' Never heard 'obie-guynee,' ever.
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    Image of LaFemme LaFemme
    03/05/09

    @chritter: Yeah...I have NEVER heard it pronounced this way... always spelled or "gyno"
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    Image of kelsium kelsium
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    This just sounds to me like he's talking about dudes from Oberlin, though we all know that that is a hot-bed of rabble-rousers.
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    Image of quatrevingtquatre quatrevingtquatre
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    Considering Michelle's time at the University of Chicago Medical Center, I have to assume that he picked this word up from doctor peoples. Which makes it completely legit. And also, my new word for O B G Y N.
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    03/05/09

    @thatonegirlsays: I'm from Chicago and grew up hearing it called obi-guy-nee.
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    Image of prestocaro fears the culling prestocaro fears the culling
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    You mean, they aren't called ob-goblins? I owe a few rounds of apologies....
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    03/05/09

    @prestocaro love/hates her kettlebell: buahaha! that's what i'm going to call them now!
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    Image of stoprobbers stoprobbers
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    Whatever. As long as no one's "practicing their love"!!
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    Image of MockMyWorld MockMyWorld
    03/05/09

    @stoprobbers: Oh my God. Seconded, thirded, fourthed and fifthed!
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    I either spell it, or erroneously pronounce it obb-gin. Sounds better, no?
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    Image of Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
    03/05/09

    In reply to Just Asking
    Naw, it's not black people vernacular. We don't even know what an Ob-Gyn is...now, root doctors and magical salves? That's our schtick.
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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/05/09

    @Ulookinatmyjunk: Diary of a Mad Black Blogger: Vicks Vaporub and 'Tussin for the win!
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    Image of SunandaGrimlet SunandaGrimlet
    03/05/09

    @EKane: and ginger ale! or was that just my family?
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    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    03/05/09

    @Ulookinatmyjunk: Diary of a Mad Black Blogger: Hot toddies and apple cider vinegar!
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    Image of EKane EKane
    03/05/09

    @SunandaGrimlet: I never saw ginger ale in my house until someone got sick
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