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Monday, August 07, 2023

Explaining "Toastmasters" to a German

My young manager at Astral Photo in the Eaton Place had a boyfriend who belonged to Toastmasters. He took me aside and explained what Toastmasters was all about. And then he was done -- he was through talking with me. 

"Looks pretty busy out there..."

In Germany some years later, we were on a car ride. It was a long drive so I tried explaining to our German hosts what Toastmasters was. 

"This 'toast,'" he said, "What is it?"

"It's like 'prost,'" I said. 

"Ah, prsot-masters."

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