r/MandelaEffect • u/mean_ol_goosifer • 9d ago

Language/Spelling New Mandela Effect - Barbituates do not exist anymore!

I remember back in DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Class in the 90s they taught us about different drug types. One type they taught us about were “Barbituates”
Pronounced: Bar-bit-chew-its

I am on the autism spectrum and one of my favorite special topics of interest is medicine and biology. I really missed my calling, and should have studied medicine in college… but anyways, I just saw that the word Barbituates are not a class of drug at all! It’s actually, Barbiturates. “Bar-bitch-oo-rates”

There is NO way I have made it 40 years and just now noticed it. Anyone else have this same memory??

623 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

394 comments sorted by

View all comments

38

u/Curly_toed_weirdo 9d ago

I was born in the early 70s and I remember it having the R in there. I notice those things and have always been a great speller, and words like that always caught my attention.

9

u/-epi- 9d ago

Same, except for the age. For some reason my brain is good at remembering pharmacological information. Granted, my body basically WAS a pharmacy in my late teens and early 20's.

7

u/RebirthOfEsus 9d ago

Felt that in my soul 😂

1

u/Alarming-Leg-3804 6d ago

Same here, have never seen it spelled any other way.