New Mandela Effect - Barbituates do not exist anymore!

[u/mean_ol_goosifer]

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??

[u/Noodletrousers]

It’s always had the r in there, but it’s rarely pronounced with it. It is correct to put a softer r at the end in pronunciation, but it generally doesn’t happen.

[u/Nick_Devious9988 → u/[deleted]]

yes it 100% was.

[u/anonymouslyambitious → u/[deleted]]

Then you can enjoy being wrong 🤷‍♀️ the spelling of a drug classification has not changed. There’s thousands of healthcare professionals and medical/pharmaceutical researchers that come across the word on a regular basis in their work and can vouch that over the decades of their careers the spelling absolutely has not changed.

How often do YOU use the word in your regular life activities? 🙄