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Italian English: "customers gentile" and other fables

Far be it from me to criticise Italians for their English, this one comes from the locals themselves.
I have been an English teacher in Italy and congratulate myself that none of my students would produce anything quite as creative as this (or perhaps just a few…).

The photo forms part of a new series for our friends at 06blog.

it, a blog dedicated to life in Rome.
This funny photo comes from a sign in a toilet of a restaurant in via della Pace, in the heart of one of Rome’s tourist districts.

Our Italian colleagues are describing it as a “linguistic fantasy”, but one that we appreciate for amusing us.

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