Friday, February 13, 2009

Wait while I remove these leeches

Phrases you are likely to need in Borneo, to judge from a phrasebook distributed in 1966 by the Borneo Literature Bureau:

*Wait while I remove these leeches.
*I have been bitten by sand flies.
*There are too many rats.
*There are a lot of mosquitoes here.
*The cockroaches have eaten my shirt.
*Is this poisonous?
*This vomiting needs urgent treatment.
*I do not know what is wrong. You must take her to the clinic.
*Your eyes need treatment, or you will become blind.


Taken from this awesome joint. There are more there, I just grabbed some good ones.

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