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Thread poster: Elliot Everett (X)
Elliot Everett (X)
Elliot Everett (X)  Identity Verified
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Spanish to English
Jan 17, 2008

Uruguay has recently implemented its Sistema Nacional Integrada de Salud (National Integrated Health System). The acronym in Spanish, SNIS, is pronounced "sneeze".

Kind of ironic, isn't it?
 
JaneTranslates
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Puerto Rico
Local time: 19:39
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I love it! Jan 17, 2008

Thanks for sharing this, Elliot.
 
juvera
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Good one... Jan 22, 2008

Thanks for cheering up a sneezing colleague.
 


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