# Doc Martin Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/1019557>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [June 13, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/1019557 "2025-06-13T03:11:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/1019557/21 "2025-06-14T09:50:02Z")

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You can find it on [ITVX.com](http://ITVX.com).  
(It’s definitely “non” and not “nun” (for British pronunciations))

Also, I see that DMC’s link (it does show a brief still before telling us that  
we can’t watch it in the UK) has Spanish subtitles. It’s be interesting  
to see what word they use and its English translation.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/1019557/22 "2025-06-14T10:04:29Z")

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Finally got in via the ITV player (should have thought of that first but I hate not being able to skip the commercials). Definitely “non” to my ears. I’m not familiar with the kind of slang that kind of character might be using,b but non-starter seems the most obvous from the context.

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**Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/1019557/23 "2025-06-14T10:31:38Z")

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> [@pjd](#):
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> It’s be interesting  
> to see what word they use and its English translation.

The word they use in the subtitles is “anormal” which google translates to “abnormal”. (which may not be correct)

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/1019557/24 "2025-06-14T16:31:23Z")

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It occurred to me that she might have meant “abnormal” in the sense of “gay,” but Al wouldn’t have answered “Well, I used to be, but I’m not now.” Especially since we’d never seen any evidence that he was.

This is why I asked about what she could have meant.

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