It could be the best ten bucks you ever spent, if you're ever in a situation when you need medical help and your Spanish isn't fluent (which describes most of us). Use it to explain where it hurts, how you got hurt, and comprehend instructions from a non-English-speaking med tech or doctor.I'm just passing on the link to obtain the book and to learn more about it at Bob's blog, since he covered it, por siempre, better than I ever could.
I have a copy on my desktop computer and one on my laptop and I plan to print out a copy to put in a looseleaf notebook. I'm sure Marilyn would approve. It's so comprehensive that just browsing through it will improve your Spanish, even if you haven't been stung by a scorpion, lost an encounter with a stingray or suffered first-degree sunburn.
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Thanks Bliss, muy amable.
How DO you say 'ouch' in Spanish? I hear them say 'Ai, ai, ai' mostly, and the really sick patients don't say much of anything. Cute title.
MxT: You're right, except my dictionary spells it "ay" and there's also "huy" and "ascua," which means "ouch, it hurts." To be "en ascuas" is to be "on pins and needles." So maybe we should practice saying these words also, just so they'll know we're hurting.
I better get a copy of this. I am going to Spain and Mexico later this year.
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