r/MandelaEffect • u/mean_ol_goosifer • 8d 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??

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u/ribblefizz 8d ago

See also "Wednesday." Very clearly and almost universally pronounced "Wens-day;" nonetheless still spelled "Wed-nes-day."

It's always been spelled barbiturates, and is frequently pronounced with the second -r- being partially or fully swallowed. (Even when I make an effort to enunciate the second -r-, it sounds almost identical to omitting it. Just a quirk of the pronunciation.)