Dot Wordsworth

Mind your language | 21 August 2010

I found myself in a fine pickle trying to give my email address on the telephone in Spanish.

issue 21 August 2010

I found myself in a fine pickle trying to give my email address on the telephone in Spanish. It was bad enough with W, an uncommon letter in Spanish. They have their own version of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie (or Able, Baker, Charlie for older readers), but I didn’t know it.

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