My niece was in Charles de Gaulle in Paris just recently and all the gendarmes were surrounding a tiny woman on the floor who would not stand up when told to. Kath listened for a moment and realized that the French were trying to get her to comprehend to "stand up" but she was responding in a language they didn't understand. Then, my niece, realizing the woman was speaking Italian told the gendarmes in French that the woman was speaking Italian and could she translate for them. The French police officer said, "Mais Oui!" My niece asked the woman why she refused to stand up and then told the French police, "She says she is sorry but she has fallen and thinks both her ankles are broken." It turns out they were. An ambulance was called immediately.
The pleasures of travel!
Frank
And thank you for the informaton regarding the indulgence. I will email it to GipperGal who is hopefully filling the hotel room wiht the resonance of deep zzzzzzz's.