Tuesday, November 4, 2008

When accents matter.

The triage nurse came into the nurses station and said the man she just triaged was delusional.
"He may be a mental case." she said.

"Why do you say that?" We asked her.

"He says the gods dropped him off. He says the gods were after him and then the gods dropped him off at the hospital."

After further evaluation it was found that the man had a New York accent and was talking about the guards from the jail, not the gods.

1 comment:

Marsha said...

Sounds more like a baastan accent to me. I work with a Bostonite and I can totally hear him saying just that. Funny story.