Monday, May 24, 2004

File this away somewhere

If you're ever in Europe and you're in dire need of an oscillating table fan but don't know how to ask for one, you're in luck--I can give you the kind of valuable information you can't find just anywhere (I'll let you guess what the languages are):
Ventilador de mesa
Oscilação de ventilador de mesa
Ventilatore oscillante da tavola
Forgó asztali ventilátor
Kmitající stolní ventilátor
НАСТОЛЬНЬІЙ ВЕНТИЛЯТОР С ПОВОРАУИВАЮЩЕЙСЯ ГОЛОВКОЙ [note to self--skip those Russian lessons]
Ταλαντευόμενος επιτραπέζιος ανεμιστήρας
Oszillierender Tischventilator
Ventilateur de table oscillant
Zwenkende tafelventilator
Oscillerande bordsfläkt
Oscillerende bordventilator
Edestakaisin heilahteleva pöytätuuletin
Wentylator oscylacyjny stołowy
Salinimli masa vantilatörü
(Sorry, my Arabic is a bit rusty...)