"I'm outside Modena," W------ says. I've called her because a major account needs a translation into German. I don't work into German, but W------ does. In fact, she's been translating since I was in diapers.
"Modena?" I ask. "Where is Modena, anyway?"
"It's in Italy. Outside Bologna. You know where Bologna is?"
"No - I'm American, you know. I'm not supposed to know anything about geography."
Luckily, she laughs at this quip.
About a year ago, I wasn't so lucky. A client called, apoplectic, because I had written in one text that Allgäu was in Switzerland. And my quip failed utterly to make her laugh.
Yes, I now know it's not in Switzerland. But gimme a break, willya? I'm American. We're not supposed to know anything about geography.
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