• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Nurse couldn’t speak English

    Shows note written in English

    It’s an old meme, but it checks out.

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      1 month ago

      Knowing a few basic words doesn’t mean you “speak a language”.

      She didn’t have the words for “food”, “drink” and “surgery”, but has the basic words for no and basic times

      As you’d expect, one learns “no”, “after” and “tomorrow” before words like “surgery”

  • Ragincloo@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 month ago

    That’s really nice handwriting, I think the nurse knows English but isn’t comfortable using it. Copying from a translation wouldn’t be that legible without practice, I’ve been practicing for 30 years and it doesn’t look that neat