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In a hotel in Paris, I happened to see a sign reading, "Please leave your values at the front desk." I can feel the strong imperative mood in it. Isn't it funny? But what's the right way of saying it in English? Thank you.

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@glq,

Good one !
Should read "Please leave your valuables....."

However. it might say something about the type of "hotel" it is ! Wink

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On a similar point about signage, the escalator at CDG Roissy is labelled "get down"as a translation of "descendre". We did not hit the floor and look round for terrorist gunmen !

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@fresco,

fresco wrote:

On a similar point about signage, the escalator at CDG Roissy is labelled "get down"as a translation of "descendre". We did not hit the floor and look round for terrorist gunmen !

Joke:

Q. Why were so many disco fans killed in Vietnam?

A. Because whenever someone shouted "Get down!" they all stood up and started boogying.

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@contrex,

That's really sick, C.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

That's really sick, C.

I Bowdlerised the joke; you would probably have disliked the original version even more.

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@contrex,

We agree then that you are sick.

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