Foreign doctors given guide to slang
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October 8, 2004
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LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Help is at hand for foreign doctors working in northern England whose patients complain of sore "lugholes" or say they're feeling "jiggered" and can't stop "gipping."
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Health officials in Doncaster, South Yorkshire have compiled a guide of local dialect and slang to help a group of seven Austrian doctors -- all fluent English speakers -- better understand their sometimes thickly accented patients.
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"We recruited these doctors because of a shortage in Britain and though they all speak very good English they've struggled with the local dialect," health authority spokesman Ian Carpenter said on Friday.
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"The guide includes some terms that are quite vulgar, but the doctors have found it very useful and it's also helped them integrate into life in the area," he added.
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The Austrians, among the thousands of recent overseas recruits into Britain's National Health Service, will now know that "lugholes" are ears, feeling "jiggered" means exhausted and "gipping" is vomiting.
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"We're looking to hire more doctors from Spain so the guide will be all ready to help them too," Carpenter said.
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Discussion Questions
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1. Have you ever been in trouble because of slang you didn’t understand?
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2. Do you know any slang which others may not know?
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3. Do you think you have special accent?
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