Poodles in Poland!
Who would have thought that the Polish word for poodles would come in so handy on a recent trip there!
My client was discussing a ribbon with ‘pudelki’ on it and the following day I used this great word as a shortcut to ask the audience if they liked what I was doing. I explained my action plan which caused much laughter but it worked! I asked “pudelki?” to which 250 people replied “tak” or yes. Much quicker than enquiring through the interpreter!
The following day I was looking in a shop window with my client when she informed me that the owner had been at my seminar and was now inviting me into her store. As I passed her by at the entrance she enquired ‘pudelki?’