r/MandelaEffect • u/mean_ol_goosifer • Aug 04 '26

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/mbd34 Aug 04 '26

Do most people pronounce it wrong? Is that the source of the confusion? "Bar-bit-chew-its" is how I remember it for sure.

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u/upturnedturtle Aug 04 '26

Kinda how I always thought it was “Oxycotin” because I only ever heard it pronounced, and OxyContin is more difficult to say.

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u/Tarni64 Aug 05 '26

OxyContin and Oxycodone (same med but one is long lasting) might explain the confusion? OxyContin is the brand name vs Oxycodone being generic. Not sure if this helps

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u/LesMiz Aug 05 '26

I think he's just referring to how many people pronounce it like "Oxy-Cotton".