A day late but here's two concise but accurate observations on the joy of language - body and written!
That gesture and the word "boh" got me through an entire week with an Italian ward mate while in hospital in Rome. He thought I spoke Italian extremely well!
And I remember trying to explain that rule to a room of Generals when I taught English at the Polish Armed Forces back in my Warsaw days. ESL teachers have my undying respect!
16 October - 1906: The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
