Lost in translation

Michael has been working in Berlin for the last few days and is flying back later this afternoon. I overheard one of his phone conversations when he was trying to organise the technical requirements for the event which was very funny – he started off in German “Guten morgen. Sprechen Sie Englisch?” and then continued in broken English with a German accent! Needless to say, I took the mickey out of him for it. He’d obviously remembered this when he tried to phone me this morning as the answerphone message wishing me a happy Valentine’s day is along the same lines.