I can't help but smile when translations go astray. In Wales, virtually all road and street signs are bilingual, and many of the larger stores have bilingual signs indoors too. Mostly this is straightforward, but sometimes it goes gloriously astray, probably because someone has relied rather too heavily on Google Translate...
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�Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.�
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
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- solitary pagan witch with a strong interest in Anglo Saxons
- South Wales Valleys, UK
- Phantom Turnips never die. They just get stewed occasionally....
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Benny Hill produced some classic moments!
Have you ever come across the late Irish comic, Dave Allen? One of the funniest ever - not sure whether he made it in the US though.
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I don't recall seeing him in anything in the US but I probably did catch some of his material while I lived in Germany, though I can't recall anything specific at the moment. I just watched some youtube clips and he's quite wonderful�Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.�
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
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