March 22, 2005

Don't Mention The War!

So yesterday was a day of silly linguistic situations.

I had lunch with a German colleague, bue we were discussing Italy. Particuarly, Venice.

She described one of her favorite spots in the lovely city of Venice. "It's just off the Marcusplatz," she informed me. I found it astonishingly droll that she, as worldly as she is, would use German words to rename Venice's gorgeous Piazza San Marco.

Later in the evening, I even got to tell this funny story to an Italian woman, in my broken (yet understandable) Italian.

(Yes, I speak a lot of languages.)

Posted by Jon at March 22, 2005 11:38 AM
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