# It is vet-er-in-ar-y dammit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952 "2005-12-16T18:44:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/1 "2005-12-16T18:44:22Z")
All this week I have been hearing an ad on WTOP radio for a local emergency veterinary clinic. The announcer sounds like one of the news anchors but it is a recorded ad. And he repeatedly says veterinary as vet-in-ar-y. This is a _professional announcer_. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/2 "2005-12-16T19:03:26Z")
Geeze, it’s just a word, don’t go all nukyular over it. Just send him an email to go look it up in the libarry. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/3 "2005-12-16T19:27:57Z")
The vetinary clinic is where they take the dog’s tempature. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/4 "2005-12-16T19:30:54Z")
Do they have an emergency clinic there? Maybe a pet bambulance? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/5 "2005-12-16T19:38:02Z")
I hear where you’re coming from, **CookingWithGas** , but that’s no reason to go all [nukular](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348356) … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/6 "2005-12-16T19:38:32Z")
Untill I saw this thread title, I was forgetting that I need to pick up some thyroid pills for Kevpooch. Thanks for the reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/7 "2005-12-16T19:42:03Z")
Not a good time to put in that it’s pronounced vet’nary around here? No? Okay … ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/8 "2005-12-17T05:04:51Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > All this week I have been hearing an ad on WTOP radio for a local emergency veterinary clinic. The announcer sounds like one of the news anchors but it is a recorded ad. And he repeatedly says veterinary as vet-in-ar-y. > > This is a _professional announcer_. What’s up with that? It is acceptable to pronounce “veterinary” as “vet’inary”, except on Wed-nes-days. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/9 "2005-12-17T05:31:19Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Geeze, it’s just a word, don’t go all nukyular over it. Just send him an email to go look it up in the libarry. Lie-berry. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/10 "2005-12-17T06:05:31Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > **It is vet-er-in-ar-y dammit!** And this is IMHO, _not_ The BBQ Pit, Dammit! Moving damn thread from IMHO to The BBQ Pit, dammit! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/11 "2005-12-17T06:22:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And this is IMHO, _not_ The BBQ Pit, **D** ammit! > > Moving damn thread from IMHO to The BBQ Pit, **d** ammit! > > 😉 So can you at least _try_ to be consistent with capitalization, dammit? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/12 "2005-12-17T17:31:19Z")
There’s a jewelry store ad where the woman doing the voiceover talks about joo-lerry. Makes me want to reach through the TV and shake her teeth out. There are just too many mispronunciations creeping into everyday usage for my comfort! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/13 "2005-12-17T17:39:00Z")
“Ve-tra-nary” is also a listed pronunciation, note. Listen to the BBC show “All Creatures Great & Small” sometime! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/14 "2005-12-17T18:45:43Z")
Meh, for all intensive purposes I could care less. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/15 "2005-12-17T18:52:24Z")
> [@Mama Tiger](#): > > There’s a jewelry store ad where the woman doing the voiceover talks about joo-lerry. Makes me want to reach through the TV and shake her teeth out. I’m from Canada, where they use the British spelling, “jewellery.” Your phonetic pronunciation is about exactly the same. I’ve said the word in radio announcements in the US without complaint, pronouncing it like I always have. How would you suggest it should be pronouced? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/16 "2005-12-17T19:09:01Z")
My realator is always adding extra syllables to words, and it drives me crazy… ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/17 "2005-12-17T19:17:19Z")
I think you mean Realatator™. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/18 "2005-12-17T20:11:34Z")
I’m glad I don’t live near you - I pronounce it vetin-ree, and I like having a head. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/19 "2005-12-17T22:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s a jewelry store ad where the woman doing the voiceover talks about joo-lerry. Makes me want to reach through the TV and shake her teeth out. You mean the same jewellery that came from the French word “juelerie”? People are just trying to revive the ancient pronunciation, is all. (And I say “ve’inary”, with a glottal stop. Nothing wrong with it.) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952/20 "2005-12-17T22:49:47Z")
In keeping with the theme, it was alleged this week that the current Ohio Secretary of State, Ken Blackwell (who is running for governor) is unable to pronounce/enunciate his job title - rendering it as “Seck-a-tary of State”. This alone could cost him the governor’s office. And I must note with a wry nukular grimace that _this_ thread was deemed worthy of moving to the Pit, yet my caustic Pit lament about [half-eaten pastries](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347671) got shoveled into MPSIMS. There is a Double Standard here, and I am gonna organize a march on the Mod Shack with torches and small furry mammals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-vet-er-in-ar-y-dammit/335952.md?page=2)