Doctors get guide to Yorkshire slang
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Help is at hand for foreign doctors working in Yorkshire whose patients complain of sore "lugholes" or say they're feeling "jiggered" and can't stop "gipping".
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urban slang for targeting sarcastic jokes at someone - is coming to television with a reality show hosted by Ralphie May of ``Last Comic Standing.
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Docs often convey critical medical information in jargon that most people don't understand. Let us know if you've encountered this situation. Should we employ medical translators? In Bodyhack.
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A leading German dictionary publisher plans to launch a guide it says will help men translate the subtext of female conversation.
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The influx of doctors has created teething problems, some amusing - like the language confusion - some more serious.
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Bird flu, blogosphere, Islamaphobe and MP3 player have made it into the latest Chambers Dictionary, the august work of record used by crossword fans and Scrabble players the world over.
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By TACON, Terry  By Terry Tacon Farming Editor   `Make sure the way you farm is fun. If it isn't, then   it is not sustainable' -- Marise James   THE F-WORD -- when is it acceptable? When it stands for farming, according to Taranaki dairying identity Marise James.
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Life & style: Many pamphlets for patients at GP surgeries have no NHS authorisation. Rather, they are put out by companies promoting products
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In 1904 it was "hip." In 2004 it's "chav." In between, there was "racism," "cyborg," "punk" and "9/11." They are all words chosen by a book that charts the creation of new words over the past 100 years.
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By Kevin Harley  All this pep in one week? What was in their school milk? This quirky quintet come from West Yorkshire but go everywhere at once, with a spring in their step.
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Some call them "pork." Others say "pet projects" or "earmarks."
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The traditional doctor's white coat is to be changed as part of the UK Government plans to tackle hospital infections.
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MY LFT RM IS TNGLNG NHS Direct has launched a text messaging service providing details of local health services. The pilot is linked to the already-available information service on Freeview digital TV, which was launched in December.â¦
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STAFF CORRESPONDENT; Staff writers Kathy Kerr, Earl Lane, and wire service reports contributed to this story. LIVERPOOL, England - At a health clinic off Penny Lane, the street made famous
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Tycho:  I'm super depressed.  I thought I had invented a new word - mirthquake - and then I was going to say that you should prepare yourselves for the aforementioned, as today's comic strip was rated this or that number on the rictus scale.  I mean seriously, I've been excited all weekend.  A simple Google search put me in my place - the word is practically ubiquitous.  Expect it soon on Urban Dictionary, that mausoleum of once vibrant language.
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PITTSBURGH - Dude, you've got to read this.  A linguist from the University of Pittsburgh has published a scholarly paper deconstructing and deciphering the word "dude," contending it is much more than a catchall for lazy, inarticulate surfers, skaters, slackers and teenagers.
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Arts & entertainment: Ben Kingsley tells Stuart Jeffries about the correct way to address him and his inner Mother Teresa.