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News & Impressions from Italy
03.10.06

Difficulties with language and its consequences...


A friend of ours has been stolen her laptop some time ago. She reported to the local police at her small Italian village and a protocol was made.
She declared the laptop had been stolen while she was working with it. Obviously the term “laptop” was unknown to the policeman which resulted in a report saying her “letto” (i.e. the bed) was stolen while she was working on it...
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