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In danger of losing my Spanish?

I used to secretly enjoy the look of horror on Spanish doctors' / bankers' / vets' faces when they were suddenly faced with the prospect of having to deal with a foreigner, writes Jennie Rhodes

Jennie Rhodes

Malaga

Friday, 21 June 2024, 17:30

In the last week alone I have been spoken to in English twice in places where I would usually expect to have a conversation in ... Spanish. The first was a call from the Axarquía hospital to confirm an appointment I'd been waiting for. The call came not from the admin team, but from one of the volunteer interpreters. It seems that the hospital has now taken to passing any correspondence addressed to a foreign-sounding patient to the volunteers.

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