To lose in Toulouse, say 'purse,' not 'sac'
Submitted on August 6, 2003 - 12:00am.
Erin Hill - Summer 2003
WASHINGTON – You're enjoying a bottle of wine at a sidewalk café in the south of France when you realize someone just stole your purse. You have no cash, no credit cards, no passport, and perhaps most inconvenient, no translation dictionary.
That's what happened to Kelly Wisecarver, 42, in June, and she couldn't tell the French police what happened because they didn't understand when she said "purse."
“Sac” is the French term for purse.
“I was in Toulouse – and I lost in ‘too lose,' said Wisecarver, president of a travel and tourism public relations group in Chicago.
That's what happened to Kelly Wisecarver, 42, in June, and she couldn't tell the French police what happened because they didn't understand when she said "purse."
“Sac” is the French term for purse.
“I was in Toulouse – and I lost in ‘too lose,' said Wisecarver, president of a travel and tourism public relations group in Chicago.
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