My mother had her skin debrided

[conuly]

Which means they removed the dead skin.

Now, the first time I heard the word, the person said debrade. And they didn't define the term, leaving me to guess. Which - I have a broad vocabulary. If I don't know the word, then they need to define it for me, because that's not all that common. But I know it can be hard to remember which words other people know and which words they probably don't, so I don't hold it against the nurse.

The second time, a different doctor corrected my pronunciation - it's debride, rhymes with "here comes de bride".

Not twenty minutes later, I heard a third pronunciation - debreed!

So I had it written down and looked it up. It's spelled "debride", a backformation of "debridement", and it's said with the same vowel as in see.

Glad I got that cleared up! Now every time I pumice my feet, I'll think to myself "here comes de breed".

Comments

[monanotlisa]

*giggle*

[siderea]

!!! I had only ever heard it with the i of sigh in it. Is it related to debris?

[conuly]

Nope!

But it does come via French.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=debridement

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=debris

Though with two different people now thinking it has the i of sigh in it, it's possible that this is a widespread variation.

[sovay]

The second time, a different doctor corrected my pronunciation - it's debride, rhymes with "here comes de bride".

That's the one I always heard!

[steorra]

I would also pronounce it to rhyme with "bride", but I suspect that's a spelling pronunciation as much as anything else - it feels like a word I've read, not necessarily heard.

[st_aurafina]

Over here, we definitely say it to rhyme with ride. Weird!