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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's OK - I did it for you  . Fortunately it was only a 40 minute flight, because her English wasn't great, and my Italian is limited to be able to ask for a cup of coffee, which doesn't get you terribly far in a discussion of Jane Austen  . I sometimes fall back to asking for things in Latin, which gets you a few funny looks, but works surprisingly often! |
Not surprising. Latin is after all the basis for Italian, Spanish and French I understand.