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Why your next trip might leave you with egg on your face

Language blunders can lead to unexpected adventures — now more than ever. Here's how to be understood.

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Christopher Elliott
Oct 20, 2024
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If you’re reading this article in English, lucky you. You can travel the world and still be understood by many people because 20 percent of the world also speaks English.

Sorta.

Damian Comito remembers ordering a coffee at a restaurant in Rome recently. Instead, his server brought him a steaming plate of fried zucchini. Cominto, who owns a limousine compa…

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