Doctors offered help with dialect

[Anth]

Doctors offered help with dialect

Doctors moving to the north-east of England are to be given a dialect guide to help them settle in.

Easington Primary Care Trust (PCT), in County Durham, is compiling the guide to help doctors have a better understanding of their patients.

On Tuesday, a session was being held for the public to suggest words for a health-related glossary.

It is part of a project to tackle a future shortfall of doctors and dentists in the area.

The idea emerged from the Big Project - a five-year recruitment programme running in the district.

Project director Linda van Zwanenberg said: "Through the Big Project we are hoping to recruit doctors from around the country as well as from overseas.

"We hope the finished dialect guide will help these new doctors settle in to the area and help them to provide the best possible service for our patients."

Tuesday's consultation event at Shotton Hall Banqueting Centre was due to include a role play based on a visit to a doctor's surgery and workshop sessions to discuss local dialect.

Another workshop involves participants being asked to stick words for body parts on two life-size figures.

A PCT spokeswoman said: "Rather than just recruit people, we are trying to give them a good induction to help them settle in."

People were being updated on the progress of the Big Project and being given the chance to comment on what has been done so far.

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Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Why am I laughing? Because once again, this is my local area. We havent got enough doctors etc so we have to get people who divant understand wor lingo

Muppets.

[sfga6970]

I can understand the problem. A good friend of mine from Scotland, Ian Campbell, spent about 5 or 6 years working here in the States and became very understandable. But after several pints when we were out drinking he reverted to his local dialect and I had no idea what he was saying to me. Some dialects are almost like a foreign language.

[Anth]

When dad and I go out somewhere we have to try and tone our terminology down a bit otherwise neebody understands us. To us, using words like "lug" for "ear" and "gob" for "mouth" is second nature, even for those who havent got much accent, so I suppose it would be needed - especially when people are saying "shut yer gob or aal clout ye roond yer lug-hole!"

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Ian wasn't the worst though. I parachuted into Germany with an SAS team for the annual Reforger operation and we were sitting around a fire and one of his men started to tell a story. I asked the SAS Captain, "What languge is he speaking" and he replied, "It's English, but he's a Scotsman so I'll translate for you".

[Anth]

Thats about right

[Woodmonkey]

I've got an English friend who's first language is Cockney and she can mimic a lot of the other dialects in the UK. I agree, Paul. They are different languages.

And I thought some of the dialects in the deep South were hard to understand!

[sfga6970]

I lived in the South for about ten years and my Father was from Texas, so I didn't have too much problem there. The only one that was confusing to me was Cajun. A combination of English, French and Creole, that was tough.