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worldwidewinetours Oct 18th, 2022 05:03 AM


Originally Posted by MmePerdu (Post 17407469)
It was one of the first words I learned after arriving for a job in Paris in '66. The very first words were savon & gants, taught to me by 2 lovely lady shopkeepers on a cold Jan. day trying to find gloves without the words. They 1st thought soap, 2nd try they got it.

That's funny! I can easily visualize the pantomime which would have caused them to think "savon" instead of "gants".


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