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English speaking, I think NOT! - just a little ole MT

Posted: Jul 03, 2013

Just got done transcribing garbage...there is no way that was any kind of English I recognized. Awful Asian dialect!

an accent is not a dialect - sm

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A dialect is a form of a language. If they were dictating in an Asian dialect, you would have to be a speaker of that dialect. If you dislike accents, I would recommend getting out of MT.

accent/dialect - just a little ole MT

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Well, thank you for the correction, it is much appreciated. Seems I am getting nothing but the cream of the crop today on a new account, and even though I have been doing this for 20+ years it is a struggle today as all of us know some days are. And getting out, it is exactly what I'm going to do in a less than a year, got a plan and will be doing something entirely different by this time next year! I'm not going down with this sinking ship!

Way to explain - Accent vs dialect

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Best example I can give is this: Since I'm from the Northern U.S., to me, Southerners have an accent. When a Southerner says "y'all," that is where the dialect comes into play.

Lil Ole, some more info--the ship already sank. THAT is - why you are gulping for air. Not

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our poor, embattled physicians. Ever wonder what it must be like to be rushed for time trying to express complex ideas in a bizarrely complex FIFTH or SIXTH language? Probably not, but in any case, THEY are not your real problem. A little late, but suggest you start paddling hard for shore now.

Now, THERE you hit the nail RIGHT on the head! - Wish I could hit "like" several dozen times

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I wonder... - just a little ole MT

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why I don't post often on here, NOT! Why do some people have nothing nice to say at all? I was having a bad day, and I came here to vent a little, instead I get a lesson on the English language of what dialect and accent mean, and condescending, nasty, smart alecky comments. It's easy to be nasty when you don't have to say it in someone's face. And the ship has not sunk yet, you still have a job, don't you??? As I do, but soon changing careers and leaving all this crap behind including the vile spewed on this site!

Asian dictators - I feel your pain

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I actually have grown fond of them, but used to drive me nuts at first.

One rule of thumb that helped me out a lot, and you may already know this, but L's are pronounced as R's, and R's are pronounced as L's.

I love the accent (or dialect--I'm so confused now I don't know which is which), but the voice of the dictator is what I thinks makes it so challenging. They tend to be either soft and low-pitched and monotone.

Anyhow... I hope your tomorrow is better and your future is bright!!

Huh? - Who was nasty?

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Maybe we're just trying to help? Ever think of that? Sorry you're misinterpreting help here. I personally rather thought the example about an accent vs dialect (the y'all thing) was brilliant. Maybe it's because I'm the person wrote it....

Chill, darlin'. We're all stressed to the max. Or, actually, I got out of this godforsaken biz, so I'm not as stressed as y'all are right now!

I don't see how dialect vs accent matters. Y' all went off on a - tangent off topic

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She was just letting off steam about an Asian dictator and got nit picked on semantics.

Because if the dictation was truly - performed in a dialect

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it would be unreasonable for her employer to expect her to be able to transcribe it unless she knew the dialect. However, since what she meant was that the she was baffled by the dictator's accented English, it could reasonably be argued that the ability to deal with accented English is a skill MTs are expected to possess and a sufficiently trained and knowledgeable MT should be able to deal with accented English.

If you know your stuff, you can understand even the most heavily accented English.

agree - nm

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Who was nasty - greyhoundmom

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I think the person who posted "an accent is not a dialect" came across as nasty. The first part of the message was okay. The second part where the person says if you dislike accents, I would recommend getting out of MT. That is the part I thought was nasty.

Exactly and the one who suggested I start paddling... - just a little ole MT

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Apparently got to be pretty thick skinned around here so I guess I'll take my sinking ship and head for high ground!

I am from the south so that comment didn't bother me. Hope y'all have a nice day!

Little ole - I like to learn

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I like to learn and have a learned a lot on this site, especially when people correct misconceptions I have had. I don't regard that as "nasty." Just saying.

Sometimes it is just unrecognizable - Makes you wonder

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Don't you just wonder how they communicate with patients.

Yes, I do... - just a little ole MT

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And I think I would not want them as a doctor. If I can't understand what they are dictating, I probably would miss important information if they were telling me something face to face, too.

they don't, that is why I - avoid them. n.m.

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I have news for you - they don't! - B52

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My dad said,"I don't like my doctor, I cannot understand anything he says."

I said, "Why don't you just get a new doctor?"

This explains why some doctors will dictate paragraphs of patient noncompliance - many times they would have been compliant with the recommendations if they even understood what the doctor said!

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