New clichés in crime fiction
It turned up on TV last week. Even the Danish have fallen for it. Yes, it’s eastern European dentistry. And it will always help to identify the victim. How many times have you read/seen this? Here’s last week’s Those Who Kill episode:
Could we have a rogue titanium implant specialist from Harley Street for once please? Or just a really crap dentist practising in Purley?
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something’s rotten in Denmark? sure I’ve heard that before, too.
Very good, Nigel!
I wonder if they will use this in US crime series but instead of the dentistry being bad because it is Eastern European it will be something along the lines of ‘yellowing wonky teeth, must have lived in the UK for some time’.
Most likely and a good opportunity for them! Even though we have come on leaps and bounds due to X Factor, fat City salaries and the influx of Russian oligarchs. 😉
Rhian – Oh, these are too good! Thanks :-).
I thought UK teeth were rubbish. And I heard that from a UK dentist.
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Peter, don’t believe a word those UK dentists say. 😉
I have both family and friend among the ranks of (retired) UK dentists. They are a staunch and reliable group, I’d say.
Also good for great advice, Peter. (Norm.) Thanks both.
One pointer I got from my retired dentist cousin: I once phoned him from Bath, telling him where I was calling from and pronouncing the city’s name as a North American would. “You’re not in Bath,” he said. “You’re in BAWWTH.”