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Hospital gives nurses lessons in Black Country accents
A hospital in Wolverhampton has been giving its nurses from mainland Europe lessons in understanding patients' accents.
Many of New Cross Hospital's patients speak in the region's unique Black Country dialect - and may ask for a "nuss" or say "Ah bist?"
Steve Pitts from Cradley, who sells t-shirts with Black Country phrases on them, gave Drive a few examples of words staff will have to learn.
This clip is originally from Drive on October 30 2014.
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