Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How is “dementia” more difficult than other words?

  Dementia is never even pronounced right.

  It’s spelled that way, but it’s pronounced “demenshia”

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  • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s spelled that way, but it’s pronounced “dihmenshuh”

    You’re telling on yourself

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ve literally never heard anyone say dementia incorrectly.

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thanks AI!

      Pronunciation of Dementia

      The word “dementia” is pronounced as follows: Phonetic Spelling

      dih-MEN-shuh
      

      So where the hell did the T in dementia come from in the first place, when in place of the T it’s pronounced with the SH sound? Yet another unnecessarily confusing word. Sigh, English is fun like that huh?

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Ration, action, motion, lotion, mention…

        Are two-syllable words hard?

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  • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think what this is telling us is that OP hangs out in circles where no one knows what dementia is, so it seems like a complicated word for them.

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  • Mesophar@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way?

    And my point is that being exposed to the word dementia, and taught what it means and how to say it, is no different than being taught how to say Teflon. When you first learn it, it will be a bit awkward. The more you and people around you use it, the more familiar it will become. That just how language works.

    What do you propose we use instead of dementia? How would that be a better solution? I’m not against helping people with better accessibility, I just don’t see where this is a problem that can be solved by changing the words used. Especially since to me it seems like we already do what is being suggested in the title post. We already usually have a general term in common conversation in place of the full medical term used by medical professionals.

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I never said to change the existing words, I’m just suggesting to do like almost every other word or phrase and have a shorthand, easier to remember/communicate acronym or something.

      Imagine actually being a person suffering with brain/memory issues. You know you have a condition, but you can’t remember what the hell the doctor called it to save your life.

      That’s fucking embarrassing to them, I’ve seen that firsthand more than once. ☹️

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      • Mesophar@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’m not saying to completely replace it either, but what are examples of words or phrases you think would be a good “shorthand” for dementia? Anything I can think of is either infantilizing or not actually simpler, just different. And needing to learn a new word might be just as difficult, or might be difficult for other people for different reasons.

        I can empathize with patients being embarrassed because they can’t pronounce or remember the name of their own condition, but I feel that the condition itself would pose the same issue with other, substitute words as well. It’s sad and tragic, but I don’t think it can be fixed by a change of language.

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  • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Must be terrible for the french dementia patients then, those fuckers don’t even pronounce half of their words.

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