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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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While doing an online research survey this morning, I encountered this question, which bizarrely switches between Portuguese and English in the same sentence:
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
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This blog is entirely for entertainment purposes. All posts about patients, or my everyday life, or anything else may be fictional, or be my experience, or were submitted by a reader, or any combination of the above. Factual statements may or may not be accurate. I could be making all this up. I may not even be a doctor. The only true statement on here is that I probably drink more Diet Coke than you do. A lot more.
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Cast of Characters:
Annie: My Phenomenal MA
Mary: My Awesome Secretary
Ed: The office fish
Dr. Pissy: The guy I share an office with
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Frank, Craig, and Marie: The Grumpy Tribe
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Questions? Comments? Biting sarcasm? Write to: pagingdrgrumpy [at] gmail [dot] com
Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
Cast of Characters:
Annie: My Phenomenal MA
Mary: My Awesome Secretary
Ed: The office fish
Dr. Pissy: The guy I share an office with
Mrs. Grumpy: My Boss (also the world's greatest school nurse)
Frank, Craig, and Marie: The Grumpy Tribe
Garlic and Riley: The Grumpy Dogs
Questions? Comments? Biting sarcasm? Write to: pagingdrgrumpy [at] gmail [dot] com
Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
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14 comments:
I feel like this is some sort of complex test...did you have to consent to participate in a psychology study at the end or the beginning of the survey? :)
That sounds like something you'd hear at any DMV office in California.
proof-read fail!
Answer: Google of course, both as a reason and an answer to the question.
I love it, you get tested on your Portuguese comprehension and asked your opinion!
"Considering all the sources from which Mr/Mrs obtained information on Parkinson's Disease..."
:) Really enjoy reading your blog Dr. Grumpy!!!
You think thats bad? Try living with someone who *IS* Portugeuse, who can start a conversation in English and end it in Portugeuse. This is my life. But at least when he goes to the liquor store, he brings back the best Port wine. Win.
Looks like some of our prescription labels. The system has an auto-translate as long as you enter with certain sig codes, otherwise it just sticks in the free-text as English. As if the patients aren't confused enough.....
Readability is a lost, artisanal art form.
It happened about halfway through the flight from Sao Paulo to Belize City.
A co-worker of mine is Portuguese with a thick accent who spent many years living in Japan. She's been trying to teach this white woman how to pronounce Japanese food items...I might have a seizure soon and be in need of Dr Grumpy.
Hmm maybe that was written by the nurse lecturers at my university, They seem to refer to the same patient as both male and female in the same exam question!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_As_She_Is_Spoke
A must read!
I teach ESL. These kinds of things usually only happen with my 5 year old students.
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