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I want to spend a penny, not go to the shop: nurses to be taught euphemisms

31 August 2010

A Norfolk hospital has organised lessons for foreign nurses to avoid cultural misunderstandings with patients.

Foreign nurses are receiving a crash course in euphemism after bewildered patients expressing the wish to "spend a penny" found themselves being escorted to a hospital shop.

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