I know this question gets asked a lot, but heres another example: Had a witness who has had several strokes that have affected his speech. He often had trouble pronouncing simple words like quot;molarquot; and quot;pedestal,quot; but generally I was able to understand and would ask him to repeat when I couldnt. But you can imagine what a tough time he had when discussing his arthritic condition called ankylosing spondylitis. Id be inclined to cut the guy a break and put the correct spelling even when he says quot;ankliosis spinoditisquot; because he truly has a speech issue, but then the attorney pronounced it several different ways, too, including quot;ankliosis spondilitum.quot; Do I sic? Do I write it phonetically a different way each time? Or do I just write the correct term, understanding they were all trying to say the same thing. Oh... and this was a videotaped depo.
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