What they Say\/What they Mean<\/b><\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cIt could be one of several things.\u201d What they mean: \u201cI haven\u2019t the foggiest idea what\u2019s wrong with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cAre you sure you haven\u2019t had this before?\u201d What they mean: \u201cBecause you\u2019ve got it again.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cI\u2019d like to run that test again.\u201d What they mean: \u201cThe lab lost your blood sample.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cInsurance should cover most of this.\u201d What they mean: \u201cYou\u2019ll have to sell your house to cover the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cThese pills have very few side effects.\u201d What they mean: \u201cYou may experience sudden hair growth on your palms.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go over your symptoms with me one more time.\u201d What they mean: \u201cI don\u2019t remember who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they say: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of this going around.\u201d What they mean: \u201cAnd we\u2019ll give it a name as soon as we figure out what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Grimes in Sarasota Herald-Tribune, quoted in Reader\u2019s Digest, May, 1994, p. 112<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What they Say\/What they Mean What they say: \u201cIt could be one of several things.\u201d What they mean: \u201cI haven\u2019t the foggiest idea what\u2019s wrong with you.\u201d What they say: \u201cAre you sure you haven\u2019t had this before?\u201d What they mean: \u201cBecause you\u2019ve got it again.\u201d What they say: \u201cI\u2019d like to run that test … Continue reading “Illness”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}