BigBob52
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And finally...
Never use Google Translate to communicate with anybody!
My latest response in Italian went something like this according to one of my Italian students - who checked the Bendy Bumper Italian thread for me and then fell about laughing!
Apparently I wrote in formal Italian that:
‘Maserati are homeless cars only driven by perverted old people!’
So much for international harmony and understanding amongst like minded friends! It’s definitely not what I meant; but the real translation had us rolling on the floor - legs in the air laughing. I had to get my Italian student to write a ‘lost in translation’ apology.
Also, I apparently managed to insult the whole of Bologna - whilst inadvertently extolling the virtues of English Spag-Boll as an alternative to the real thing!
...And there is no such thing as a 4200GT according to Claudio!
It’s a wonder that anyone bothered to respond politely to Miss Bendy Bumpers earnest enquiries!
Thanks Google!
Never use Google Translate to communicate with anybody!
My latest response in Italian went something like this according to one of my Italian students - who checked the Bendy Bumper Italian thread for me and then fell about laughing!
Apparently I wrote in formal Italian that:
‘Maserati are homeless cars only driven by perverted old people!’
So much for international harmony and understanding amongst like minded friends! It’s definitely not what I meant; but the real translation had us rolling on the floor - legs in the air laughing. I had to get my Italian student to write a ‘lost in translation’ apology.
Also, I apparently managed to insult the whole of Bologna - whilst inadvertently extolling the virtues of English Spag-Boll as an alternative to the real thing!
...And there is no such thing as a 4200GT according to Claudio!
It’s a wonder that anyone bothered to respond politely to Miss Bendy Bumpers earnest enquiries!
Thanks Google!