Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management
Wednesday 14 August 2024, 12:45 AM
‘Go toss your cookies elsewhere’ - Ten phrases that cause confusion across the Anglosphere
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‘Go toss your cookies elsewhere’ - Ten phrases that cause confusion across the Anglosphere
Wednesday 13 April 2022, 01:40 AM
The saying “eat parrot head” is from the Caribbean and means a talkative person, while the equivalent term in Scotland is a “blether” [Image: Domenik Kowalewski on Unsplash]
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Misinterpretation is easy when cultures and countries have their own idioms of the English language, as Simon Horobin discusses
The word robot is of Czech origin, from robota, meaning ‘forced labour’
An annual list of “banished words” compiled by Lake Superior State Universi, Hot chips Credit Magnus Jonasson on Unsplash, To “piss on someone’s chips” refers to spoiling someone’s plans [Image: Magnus Jonasson on Unsplash]
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