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  #21  
Old May 25, 2006, 01:13 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Man, the Lancs and the scouse I can deal with.

The Welsh?! You guys are from a d'ffrent planet I tell ye!

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Old May 25, 2006, 01:23 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

When you come to the U.S. you will notice the opposite everywhere. You will get the feeling "These guys are crazy" .....almost everything you try to do will fail even if it is a small thing like switching ON the lamp !!!!"

This is just to make you get a hang of it. The cars are driven on the right hand side instead of left hand side of the road. So you should look left first while crossing roads You may have to insert the key upside down and rotate it in the opposite direction to unlock. You will also notice that switches work in opposite direction i.e. UP is ON and DOWN is OFF . The date is written with the month first, then day, followed by the year.


Here's an informal "dictionary" that I can think off ::

Word = American format

School = High school
College = School
University = School
High school = School/Junior High
Take a class = Teach a class
Be a student = Take a class
2nd standard = 2nd grade
High marks = Good grades
Invigilator = Proctor
Canteen = Cafeteria


Windcheater = Windbreaker
Vest = Undershirt
Waistcoat = Vest
Half-pant = Shorts
Purse = Wallet
Swim trunks = Swim suit
Swim costume = Swim suit


Traffic signal = Traffic light
Boot/dikky = Trunk of a car
Bonnet/Hood = of a car
Petrol pump = Gas station
Petrol = Gas
Pavement = Sidewalk
Footpath = Sidewalk
Zebra Crossing = Crosswalk
Take a lift = Get a ride
Motorcycle = Motorbike
Cycle = Bike
Lorry = Truck

Football = Soccer
American football = Football
Solid = Substantial
Ltd. = Inc.
Transistor = Radio
Two-in-One = Boom box
Goggles = Sunglasses
Cooling glass = Sunglasses
Toilet = Restroom
Guest house = Motel
Current = Electricity
$20 Note = $20 Bill
Cell = Battery
Torch = Flashlight
Rubber = Eraser
Condom = Rubber
Snap = Picture
Photograph = Picture
Mixee = Mixer
Dustbin = Trash can
Beggar = Panhandler
IBM-Compatible = IBM-Clone
Inflammable = Flammable
Mess Dorm = Cafeteria
Hotel = Restaurant
Restaurant bill = Restaurant check

Cheque = Check

Picture = Movie
Talkies = Movies
Lift = Elevator
To fix = To install
To repair = To fix
Pram = Stroller

Gurney = Cart

To post (a letter) = To mail (a letter)
To submit = To turn in
To be out of station = To be out of town
A place to park = Driveway
A place to drive = Parkway
Straight-away = Right away
Anticlockwise = Counterclockwise
Bunk school = Skip class
Passed out = Graduated
Fainted = Passed out
Ring up (someone) = Call up (someone)
The line is engaged = It's busy / I got a busy tone
Push the accelerator = Step on the gas
Give the car some race = Speed up the car
Get down (from a bus) = Get off (of a bus) (But be careful about telling some one to "get off" )
Let's push off = Let's go
Let's make a move = Let's go
Convince someone = Talk someone into
Black money Tax free = undeclared income
Standing from a Constituency = Running for an election
Issue a book = Checkout a book
(from the library) (from the library)


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Old May 25, 2006, 01:28 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Few other things:

All doors - generally - open "out". As in, if you're leaving a building, the doors swing out.... you'll have to push. If you're entering, you'll have to pull.

There is a general lack 'roundabouts' - they are intersections instead.

This is my pet theory === you can tell if you're in a commercial/business district or residential simply by looking at the colour - oops, I meant 'color' - of the lights. Yellow light/bulb light is usually residential/private. White/flouroscent light is usually business/public.


Driving rules in general are systematic and 'make sense'. They do need a little "getting used to". Speed is much, much faster. And you'll also note a somewhat general 'lack' of public transportation (unless you're in a real big city). You'll also find that having a car is nearly indispensible.

Oh and you folks from London (or Bombay ), forgot about your 'double-deckas'

EDIT : And if you're bringing electircal appliances with you, don't forget to bring converters.

First, the voltage here is 110v.

Second, the pins/sockets are different. The sockets are flat and the pins are flat too - none of that round stuff


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Old Sep 04, 2006, 03:40 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Letina did ypu ever relocate to the US? I have worked here for 2 years and I trained over 20 years ago in the UK. I found the folks here VERY helpful and my accent and the way I speak a real door-opener. Haven't found ANY discrimination.I work on a med-surg unit and find working here soooooo different from the UK but great working conditions. The vacation is the only gripe I have. I got 6 weeks in the UK and lucky to get 2 weeks here!!! UGHHH

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Old Sep 04, 2006, 05:33 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Originally Posted by moffist
Letina did ypu ever relocate to the US? I have worked here for 2 years and I trained over 20 years ago in the UK. I found the folks here VERY helpful and my accent and the way I speak a real door-opener. Haven't found ANY discrimination.I work on a med-surg unit and find working here soooooo different from the UK but great working conditions. The vacation is the only gripe I have. I got 6 weeks in the UK and lucky to get 2 weeks here!!! UGHHH
Yes she is here in her first year, I am sure you remember the first year is the hardest.

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Old Sep 04, 2006, 06:21 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Haa! ROY, what you've written brought back memories of our trip "up/over" in May/June!
We noticed those things, and more, which are so different to here in Oz.
One of the funniest and most curious for us was... the toilets!!!!!!
The water level is SO high! SOOOO low set, Swirl differently. Hahahaha!
Also, here in Oz ..........
American: ---- Aussie:
Gurney ------ Barouche
Tennis shoes ---joggers

Another thing which ? "amused"? us was: "I need to go potty!" Whaaaat?!
Here in Oz, to go potty means you've "lost it!" Gone nuts/crazy.
We do use the term 'potty' when describing 'potty training' for a child, but it usually ends there. lol It's not used beyond this time to describe going to the toilet.
Aren't the differences between us humans interesting? :-)

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Old Sep 05, 2006, 09:36 PM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Grace, I can't tell you the number of times I had my papers corrected and returned to me and they had spelling corrections on them - like the crossed off "u" for 'colour' etc.

Drove me nuts!

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Old Sep 10, 2006, 05:34 AM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

i have no problem working with nurses from elsewhere...... if they are female and scottish i hope there into talking lots as i could listen to them talk all day long.

other terms for those "things" you dont want to say out aloud......

drop the kids off at the pool........= no 2

shed a tear..........= no1

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Old Sep 10, 2006, 06:11 AM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Originally Posted by Roy Fokker
Grace, I can't tell you the number of times I had my papers corrected and returned to me and they had spelling corrections on them - like the crossed off "u" for 'colour' etc.

Drove me nuts!
I had to deal with the same problems. Though, I was a native Floridian, some of my earlier education was in Cornwall. To this day, if I have been chatting recently w/friends from "across the pond", I find myself reinserting the "u"s in words.

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Old Sep 10, 2006, 08:14 AM
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Re: How do you get on with foreign nurses?

Originally Posted by madwife2002
How about mither, my very very favorite word, which even southerns of the Uk dont know
I have even though I'm a southerner. Jack Duckworth used to ask Vera to stop "mithering" him on Coronation St.

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