Another Belter From Ukip

[sp1814]

The subject of medical staff and their command of the English language is a serious one. So when UKIP MEP David Coburn writes about this, shouldn't he try using English, rather than...God only knows what?

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/ukip-mep-tries-to-criticise-foreign-doctors-english-skills-fails-to-grasp-the-language-himself--Wku3vrmwmb

He wrote this:

Relationship between doctor and patient is complex both intend of diagnosis communication and treatment requires high proficiency of english

What the hell???

[Tuvok]

www.engrish.com

[Mamyalynne]

He may have been running a temperature.

[sandyRoe]

I do hope he never needs to explain himself to a quack.

[agchristie]

I think I will pass on any French 1-2-1 tuition on offer.....

[Old_Geezer]

Illustrating the point wasn't he ?

[ChillDoubt]

He's either tweeting drunk or using a Samsung tablet with predictive text turned on......

[Bertrum]

Looks like one of the occasional posts we get here on AB
I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant

[Baldric]

///In response to the criticism Coburn has pointed out that he is fluent in French///

Shame he wasn't writing in French then!

[naomi24]

Bertrum, that sounds like something George Bush might have said. :o)

[Bertrum]

Its actually a quote from Alan Greenspan an American economist and from 1987 to 2006.

[mikey4444]

As a person who occasionally makes the odd spelling and/or grammar mistakes, I am nearly prepared to give this chap the benefit of the doubt.

Nearly but not quite !

[jourdain2]

Well, with a bit of effort I get the gist. 'Fraid it's a fail at GCSE, though.

[Lynn_M]

Does he have a habit of doing this, or do you have only one example?

[Svejk]

He's Scottish.

[EDDIE51]

UKIP and stories like this are the best weapon in the 'Remain' armory .
With people like this as the voice of the only party who's main aim is to get the UK out the EU the battle is over before it starts.

[jno]

the only party who's main aim

ahem... you mean "whose", of course.

To return to the topic... Coburn must have had auto-complete on. "Intend of diagnosis communication" must surely have started out as "in terms of..."?

[youngmafbog]

Usual scoffing from the usual high and mighty crowd I see.

[Svejk]

Homophobic scoffing, I expect, ymb.

[Peter Pedant]

isnt this anacoluthon ?
sentence starts as something and finishes as something else
st paul used to do it apparently


The relationship between doctor and patient is complex both in terms of diagnosis and communication. Treatment also requires a high proficiency of English

Poor guy was in such a hurry he didnt proof read it
( or thought his audience was such he didnt need to )

St Paul used to do it apparently

[Jackdaw33]

No more confusing than many of John Prescott's pronouncements.