The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139469 Message #3199616
Posted By: Musket
01-Aug-11 - 08:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: One country separated by one language
Subject: RE: BS: One country separated by one language
A GP in Doncaster wrote a booklet of local phrases and words for foreign doctors. A good laugh at the time but not given official backing for a host of good reasons, not least of which the condescending overtone.
That said, when a doctor of Indian origin is told by a patient that she feels iffy when Barnsley are at home, what the hell is he meant to say?
I doubt many women would use such phrases to describe PMT, especially not to a doctor, but it was humorous all the same...