Stupid question

[rach1081985]

How u say sjogrens

[Jmiller623]

Show-grins

[rach1081985 in reply to Jmiller623]

Thank u so silly I know

[Jmiller623 in reply to rach1081985]

Not silly. It’s a funky word. Swedes....

[rach1081985 in reply to Jmiller623]

Xxx

[Hidden]

It’s great that you ask. So many, including some of those who have Sjögren’s, don’t spell or pronounce it correctly.

So I decided a few years ago to train my spell check to write it correctly - but still never quite know how to pronounce it right.

My first GP used to pronounce it “Shur grens” and I think this is correct so it’s what I say too. But most of my new GPs just opt out of saying it at all, referring to it as “your autoimmune disease” or saying it so rapidly that I wonder if they too lack confidence about saying the Sjö part?!! X

[rach1081985 in reply to Hidden]

Lol thanks hun xxx I just bout got head round saying antiphospholipid syndrome....

[Hidden in reply to rach1081985]

I haven’t got my head round writing of saying antiphospholipid yet because I’m not even diagnosed with it so you are ahead of me on this one!

[rach1081985 in reply to Hidden]

Aw took me a while... I was fairly lucky with my diagnosis hope u get answers soon

[HollyHeski Administrator]

(SHOW-grins)

[MaryF Administrator in reply to HollyHeski]

That sounds so inviting! Mary F x

[rach1081985]

Thank y u hun

[Jetticat]

Sro grens

[rach1081985 in reply to Jetticat]

Thank you

[Jetticat in reply to rach1081985]

Why the question?

[rach1081985 in reply to Jetticat]

Looks difficult pronounce

[rach1081985 in reply to Jetticat]

Looks difficult pronounce

[Lure2]

In Sweden we spell it with a "ö" as it was a Swedish Doctor (Sjögren) who found out about the illness and after him it has got his name. How you say it in English I actually do not know.You do not use "Ö" as I understand.

[rach1081985 in reply to Lure2]

Thank u for that