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How about this: When visiting a foreign city where you do not look like a local at all, some idiot in a car decides to ask you for directions in English instead of the local language, all while brandishing a road map and being in view of several obvious landmarks. He was probably attempting to pull this scam:quote:The lost fashion designer. Here's a classic: A guy pulls up next to you in a car and asks for directions, or some other way to start chatting with you. He's suave, speaks English and dressed well. He tells you he's a manager/designer/executive for Armani/Versace/Gucci and seems to "prove" it by showing you his designs. Oh, and just because you're so friendly, he gives you a couple of coats he just happens to have in his car that are leather/silk/suede. That's when he asks you for gas money, because he's almost out -- you know, €50 or €100. Because he just gave you a couple of coats and because he's such a swell-seeming guy, you fork it over. This has happened again and again and again over the past few years. The guy must be making bank. Don't be part of his profit margin. The stupidity lies in the fact that he thinks there is even the slightest possibility that you will fall for his scam when he is that unsubtle about it.
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RagnarokAngel posted:Well "Catherine" is simply the Anglified version of "Екатерина" (Jekaterina). And it's hardly relevant that she was from Prussia, given that her original name was Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst.
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