Two other countries separated by a common language

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

No, she didn't say what the local's response was.  Her story about the incident ended with her reply about looking for someone closer to earth. IAC, it's possible that in her primary concern for finding the ladies room she didn't pay much attention to the fellow's reaction. 
 
Gerald Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Wilson Gray
Sent: Tue 10/2/2007 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Two other countries separated by a common language



Did she say what the local's response to this was? He would have
understood it as:

"I know the guards can tell me. I was looking for someone closer to earth."

He must have been totally discombobulated.
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