It gets confusing after a while - Page 3

jennie3576 · #31 05-25-2007, 07:57 PM

My mom, who is Polish (came here from Poland in 1964) had to learn German when she was in grade school. She says it's more like a "tz" sound - all-tzy-mers. But, she also says she left Poland so long ago, so her memory may be a little shoddy.

AKA_Monet · #32 05-26-2007, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by centaur532

Alzheimer's is not pronounced Oldtimers. Sorry, that's a pet peeve of mine.

Speaking of names, I've requested a namechange twice from John and he persists in ignoring me. Can the supermoderators take care of namechanges?

Alzheimer's is different from "oldtimers" and both those are totally different from sometimer's.

Some times I remember, some times I forget...

Alzheimer's is generally characterized by beta-amyloid plaques on the neurons that causes 1st short-term memory loss, then long-term memory loss. Eventually the sufferers forget how to do non-voluntary functions such as breathing...

Oldtimer's is just generated by age and old. It is not medical and most folks are cantankerous.

Sometimer's is generated by age and is middle-aged. It too is not medical and most folks who have it are honery.

I am nowhere close to be an awesome supermoderator... If that comment was not for me, for that I apologize since some folks on GC are rather touchy and hardcore about appropriatly stating everything on a "free for all" board. But, hey, we have some level of decorum.

AlexMack · #33 05-26-2007, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Alzheimer's is different from "oldtimers" and both those are totally different from sometimer's.

Some times I remember, some times I forget...

Alzheimer's is generally characterized by beta-amyloid plaques on the neurons that causes 1st short-term memory loss, then long-term memory loss. Eventually the sufferers forget how to do non-voluntary functions such as breathing...

Oldtimer's is just generated by age and old. It is not medical and most folks are cantankerous.

Sometimer's is generated by age and is middle-aged. It too is not medical and most folks who have it are honery.

I am nowhere close to be an awesome supermoderator... If that comment was not for me, for that I apologize since some folks on GC are rather touchy and hardcore about appropriatly stating everything on a "free for all" board. But, hey, we have some level of decorum.

I know what Alzheimer's is, I work in the medical field myself. I also know a lot of people who pronounce Alzheimer's as Oldtimers and it really annoys the hell out of me.

christiangirl · #34 05-26-2007, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by centaur532

I know what Alzheimer's is, I work in the medical field myself. I also know a lot of people who pronounce Alzheimer's as Oldtimers and it really annoys the hell out of me.

Oh......I thought she was just being funny, not seriously debating the question.

AlexMack · #35 05-26-2007, 02:50 AM

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Oh......I thought she was just being funny, not seriously debating the question.

I figured we were past humour when she started explaining the physiology of the disease.

MysticCat · #36 05-30-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

Yeah, but one of my professors told me that it is pronounced "Alltimer's" because that's the German pronunciation. If anyone here speaks German, does "zh" make an American "t" sound? Because I didn't buy it, but hey, I don't speak German.

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Originally Posted by jennie3576

My mom, who is Polish (came here from Poland in 1964) had to learn German when she was in grade school. She says it's more like a "tz" sound - all-tzy-mers. But, she also says she left Poland so long ago, so her memory may be a little shoddy.

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

At least, based on standard German pronunciation, that is probably how Herr Doktor Alois Alzheimer said it.

honeychile · #37 05-30-2007, 10:45 PM

I'm in geriatrics, and I was told the ALTS-high-mers pronounciation, too. But when someone is in the full throes of the disease and meets you at the door in nothing but knee socks, the pronounciation is the last thing on your mind.

christiangirl · #38 05-31-2007, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

That's what I figured.

See, who says the professor knows everything?

ladygreek · #39 05-31-2007, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

Yeah, but one of my professors told me that it is pronounced "Alltimer's" because that's the German pronunciation. If anyone here speaks German, does "zh" make an American "t" sound? Because I didn't buy it, but hey, I don't speak German.

No. My brother is German,it is more like a tz sound.

ladygreek · #40 05-31-2007, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

At least, based on standard German pronunciation, that is probably how Herr Doktor Alois Alzheimer said it.

I should have read ahead - LOL.

jennie3576 · #41 05-31-2007, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

At least, based on standard German pronunciation, that is probably how Herr Doktor Alois Alzheimer said it.

thanks for clearing it all up for everyone! i promise i won't tell my mom you called her my grandmother, MysticCat!!!!!!