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Lost In No Translation, Part 3

, , , | Right | December 14, 2011

Caller: “Hello. Do you have an Italian-to-American dictionary?”

(Note that the caller doesn’t seem to have trouble speaking English, and has a New York accent.)

Me: “We have Italian to English dictionaries.”

Customer: “No, no. I need Italian to American because English is a different language, right?”

Me: “The English language is what we speak in America.”

Customer: *frustrated* “Can I speak to someone who might know better?!”

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Lost In No Translation, Part 2

Lost In No Translation

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