Grar

See, there's a bit of a problem with having a brain that likes languages and figuring out things and that's that I can get irritated quite quite easily.

Take the word "primagravida." I'm sick sick sick of hearing it being used to refer to women who've not given birth before. Just because someone hasn't given birth doesn't mean it's their first pregnancy, which is the literal meaning of the word. Nulliparous is more appropriate. Even referring to someone as a primip - the now trendy way of saying primiparous - isn't right either because it's being used to refer to women who are still pregnant with their first. I'm guilty of using the word "multip", I admit, but only in relation to talking about cervical dilatation.

I've shouted from the hilltops about correct terms, or from the back of the class, whatever. Get yer sodding terminology right or we'll never be accepted as the trained professionals we are. Just because it's in Latin doesn't mean you don't have to know what it means! Ahem.

This post was brought to you today by the words "coffee", "lecture notes", "rollercoaster" and "nicotine withdrawal."

Right, off for choklit.