Getty Images Until I was about 11, I thought “blancmange” was said, well, how it’s written. That’s what happens with words you read more than you say ― you can get the pronunciation way off. But ― and I don’t know if this is just Irish bias ― I’d have thought most households heard the name Sudocrem about once a month growing up.
Advertisement So why are the netizens of X (formerly Twitter) so up in arms about how it’s said? Yesterday, site user @backpainandwine wrote, “Having an ongoing debate with my husband and his best mate who think this should be pronounced ‘Sudocream’, when it’s clearly ‘Sudocrem.’” I’m team sew-do-krem, like the poster ― but it seems I’m more alone than I thought. Having an ongoing debate with my husband and his best mate who think this should be pronounced ‘Sudocream’, when it’s clearly ‘Sudocrem’ pic.
twitter.com/TRzxXTrjmf — Alice (@backpainandwine) August 15, 2024 There were a lot of dissenters in the comments “Not going to lie, paramedic here and I call it Sudocream,” one X user wrote (?!). “Ngl I call it Sudocream and so do most healthcare professionals,” another confirmed , to which the original poster replied “Whaaaat.
” A third blow to my sense of sanity ― “Well, I’m a nurse and we pronounce it Sudocream...
It’s a miracle substance that we use all the time!” one more cursed comment read. Advertisement I don’t know what hospital this verbal virus started in, but we need to shut it down ASAP, IMO! After all, as other commenters wrote , “it’s Sudocrem, always has been, always will be, even the label tells you clearly that’s the name.” “Yes it’s a CREAM, no debate there (and a really good one at that), but the name is sudoCREM,” they added (finally, a voice of reason).
Hang on ― what’s the official answer here? Well, first of all, behold this Google result: Google Second of all, look at how the word is spelled, and the company’s own ads. “There are many reasons SudoKREM is the nation’s favourite nappy rash cream,” a 2013 campaign for the product clearly says. So, much as some people ― like beauty content creator James Welsh ― think the “cream” bit is “the most disgusting word,” it is more accurate.
Advertisement With that said, you definitely won’t catch me complaining if a health professional misnames it in my hour of need...
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