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0 pointsal_borland1y ago0 comments

While the math might be a little off, telling people not to run to the OBGYN after not getting pregnant after one or two attempts isn't bad advice.

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cassianoleal1y ago

Legit question, I've always wondered... Why do people in the USA spell and pronounce that word as if it were an initialism? I mean OBGYN or OB-GYN as I've seen spelled elsewhere as well. As far as I can tell, it's not 5 words but rather 2: Obstetrician and Gynecologist.

al_borlandOP1y ago

We generally spell out titles for doctors or others in the medical field. PHD, MD, DDS, DO, OBGYN, etc.

It could also be, in part, because if it was lowercase people would try to say it instead of spelling out the letters.

People will often say “gyno” instead of gynecologist, if just talking about that.

cassianoleal1y ago

> PHD, MD, DDS, DO, OBGYN

PhD is an "almost initialism" :P and would be very hard to read without spelling out the letters.

MD, DDS and DO are initialisms and there's no other way to read it.

ObGyn is more of an acronym and it would make sense to read it as a word.

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cassianoleal1y ago

al_borlandOP1y ago

We generally spell out titles for doctors or others in the medical field. PHD, MD, DDS, DO, OBGYN, etc.

It could also be, in part, because if it was lowercase people would try to say it instead of spelling out the letters.

People will often say “gyno” instead of gynecologist, if just talking about that.

cassianoleal1y ago

> PHD, MD, DDS, DO, OBGYN

PhD is an "almost initialism" :P and would be very hard to read without spelling out the letters.

MD, DDS and DO are initialisms and there's no other way to read it.

ObGyn is more of an acronym and it would make sense to read it as a word.

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