proper pronunciation

[vdub]

So, the Mayo Clinic says the proper pronunciation of Wegner's is VEG-uh-nurz gran-u-loe-muh-TOE-sis
Wegener's granulomatosis - MayoClinic.com

So does that make us veggies? :-)

[KathyB]

I remember hearing it pronounced the correct way numerous times early in my hospitalization and before dx and finally asked the staff to spell it! Sounded like my Austrian/German family members speaking!

[annekat]

I like Weggies better than Veggies.

Anne

[Sangye]

I like the proper pronunciation because it sounds like "Vague" which is a perfect description of Wegs. But I'm not gonna use it. People have a hard enough time with the Wegs name.

[pberggren1]

I've always done it the propper way. But when I talk with you guys or my doc I just call it Wegs.

[annekat]

I think Veggies would be OK as long as no one thinks we are talking about vegetables.

Anne

[mishb]

My ENT (an Aussie through and through) used the proper pronounciation when he first diagnosed my symptoms......... with the full on accent and all.

......Excuse me!!, say what??, huh!?!?. My husband and I just looked at each other ....... did you get what he just said??!! Nope.

I had no idea what I was supposed to have until I later read it on the blood test slip he had just handed to me.

Our way is so much easier.

[freakyschizogirl]

First time i was told i could possibly have Wegs the doc pronounced it Vague-ners. I came home and tried to google it - trying all sorts of spellings and couldn find it.
Its funny how the longer word Granulomatosis is the easist to pronounce!

When friends and family ask me about this disease i say it sounds different then its spelt and people give you the oddest looks!

[Dryhill]

My doctor pronounced it as it looks, which still got a blank look from me and my daughter, luckily one of his junior doctors had already written it down for me. As to weggies or veggies the former is far better, just imagine one could get invited to someones for a meal and they mistakenly think you are a veggy so there is no meat with your meal .......... I mean if God intended us to only eat vegatables why did he make so many tasty animals (This is on par with one of my daughters comment when she was young and I suggested we go out for a walk "If God invented the motor car why should we walk?")?

Jim

[delorisdoe]

So, the Mayo Clinic says the proper pronunciation of Wegner's is VEG-uh-nurz gran-u-loe-muh-TOE-sis
Wegener's granulomatosis - MayoClinic.com

So does that make us veggies? :-)

I had a really anoying resident pronounce it like that. Made me want to hit her. I pronounce it way different...gee peee a. lol