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Phrases for Frequent Deployers: Lesson the Second

Maggie made a comment on yesterday's lesson

I have found that tipping with American money helps people from other countries to understand me completely.

that I thought was worth expanding upon:

If you go to the USA, you'll find that a dime is a lot of money.
· Si vous allez aux Etats-Unis, vous trouverez que dix cents c'est beaucoup de fric.
· Si usted va a los Estados Unidos, se dará cuenta de que diez centavos son mucho dinero.
· Wenn du in die USA fährst, wirst du rausfinden, dass zehn cent viel Geld sind.
· Kogda Vy priedete v SShA, Vam stanet izvestno skol'ko kupit desyatka.
· Se va negli Stati Uniti, scoprirà che dieci centesimi sono un sacco di soldi.
· Hvis du tager til USA finder du ud af af, at ti cents er mange penge.
· Als je eens naar de Verenigde Staten gaat, zul je ontdekken dat tien cent veel geld is.

Soooo, Our Princess answers the *supposedly* rhetorical question: "But how ya gonna make some time when all ya got is one thin dime?"

Clicky for a luvverly rant in the comments...

3 Comments

Hey! Don't try to make me sound cheap.....I tipped way more than dimes. By the time I left Dubai, between the fact that I would TALK to the service industry people (all non-Dubai) and tip meant that every employee of that hotel snapped to attention when I passed. I tipped well and I said "Hello". Most of the natives treated them like they were invisible and the German and French tourists yelled and demanded and I never saw one tip. /end rant
 
Sigh - A nickle isn't worth a dime anymore. But Dancing does.
 
5 boxtops, 4 bottle caps, 3 wrappers, 2 washers, and that dime will get you a membership as a Junior Birdman.
 
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