At 01:54 PM 11/26/96 EST, Lynn Norris wrote:

>We've got a continuing discussion on miscommunication
>going.  Does anyone remember the incident where Jimmy
>Carter was with a foreign dignitary and the translator
>was speaking an archaic version of the language?
>Breznev? maybe.  We can't decide whether is was Carter or
>Reagan.
>

Dear Lynn,

When speaking in Poland, an interpreter mistranslated President Carter's
statement about "my fondness for your homeland" to "I lust for your wife."
Or something along those lines.  Was this the incident you had in mind?

Yours,
Gene

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