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Apropos of nothing, reallyBy Robin Abrahams
02:12 PM
Mr. Improbable is giving a talk in London next month, and found this little gem while searching for hotels online. Check out those reviews! I don't think he'll be staying there. The foreign-language reviews are particularly entertaining, and might provide a nice translation exercise for the imaginative teacher--"un cauchemar," "das schlimmste, was ich je gesehen habe," and "decepcionante" are surely useful vocabulary terms for every student of French, German, or Spanish. |
