2 posts covering the same thing. Sorry, REALLY cant suss these Italian computers.

Language barriers have been an issue. When in Switzerland and looking at a group of 3 Ibex (long horned goat type tings) I said to a German Naturalist "Was vogel hast du seen?" which I thought meant something like what birds have you also seen? Apparently not as she and 2 colleagues started to laugh pointing at the Ibex as though I thought they were birds. Oh well, not as funny as seeing a 50 year oldGerman then try to do an impression of a flapping Eagle with her arms outstretched and doing some weird puffing noise. Bizarre.