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...best results." >• A Roman laundry likely didn't mean exactly what they wrote on this sign: "Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time." The size of the transaction doesn't seem to affect the skill of the translator, as the following sign...

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...invited to take advantage of the chambermaid." That's like the laundry in Rome that advertised: "Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time." Finally, there was the sign at a Paris hotel that advised: "Please leave your values at the front desk."1...

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