“Me Talk Pretty This Morning” is a post at Kottke.org that made me smile. Asked for directions, he makes an effort to reply in the man’s native French. A link brings you to a previous post on being directionally dysfunctional.
While I am practically forbidden by my spouse to offer directions, I myself have complete confidence in my ability to mess things up further in Spanish and have vowed that if presented with such a situation, I would regretfully shake my head, smile, and the furthest I would even point out for direction is the closest person to seek help.
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