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Jake Randolph Origins #82

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"Nimm deine hande runter!" the Kraut said with disgust.

"Che cosa?" Luigi asked.

"Entschuldigung?" the German asked.

I felt like I was in some badly translated foreign version of Abbott & Costello's "Who's On First" routine.

"Excuse me," I said, "how about for the sake of international relations we all speak the same language?" I looked at the German. "You speak English, right?"

"Ja," he said proudly. He then looked at Luigi, "Put your hands down, Luigi."

That didn't sound good. He knew Luigi's name. I was quite sure now I'd walked myself into a trap.

And I felt stupid...

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    Christopher almost 7 years ago

    I'm having to solely rely on Google for the German and Italian translations. I hope it's not one of those things where it's completely different from what I was going for.

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    Neville Hunt almost 7 years ago

    No worries. Most of us would know if it was right or wrong anyway! :-)

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    Christopher almost 6 years ago

    I'm afraid I'm at the mercy of Google translator when it comes to other languages.

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