Telephone Conversations: No Hablo Ingles

These days, its impossible to get through a day without speaking to a doctora who "no hablo ingles," which is fantastic. It really is.  There is nothing like a good Spanish refresher every afternoon.  The problem with this situation is you people who "no hablo ANY espanol."

Now, I don't claim to speak perfect Spanish by any stretch of the imagination; HOWEVER I do know that speaking English in a louder voice is not Spanish.

When you are shouting English words through the telephone, I can just picture the look on the distinguished physician's face and he is holding his telefono a good six inches away from his ear.  These guys are not deaf, they are not estupido, they just don't understand your words.

Instead of making him feel like a moron, please visit:  http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-English-Spanish-Dictionary-Merriam-Webster/dp/0877799164/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319681512&sr=1-1 That there is a direct link to the English Spanish dictionary.  You can get it for just $6.50!  There are words in there that you can use.

Like this one:
Negligencia.  That means Malpractice.

If you don't have $6.50, you can just visit www.spanishdict.com   

Its free AND you won't sound like un retardo. Win-win.

Now, I realize that you might be old and think you will never be able to learn Spanish, but at least be able to pick up on a few words that the doctora is saying before passing the phone to Senorita LD.