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Old 02-01-2007, 02:58 PM
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Asi de facil

My co-worker just got the Spanish language "That was easy!" Staples button to complement her English-speaking one.

This blogger mentions looking forward to a hypothetical Chinese version.

What would it be in other languages?
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Old 02-01-2007, 03:32 PM
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I'd like to have a Finnish one. According to an online translator "That was easy" would come out as "Etta helppo." There's two dots over the "a" but I don't know the code to do that here.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:48 PM
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Etta Helppo. I'm picturing a middle-aged secretary in a tweed suit, with horn-rimmed glasses.
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Old 02-01-2007, 08:48 PM
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Staples in French.

Are the buttons a US thing?
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Old 02-01-2007, 09:37 PM
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Staples in French.

Are the buttons a US thing?
Nope. Someone at work got one - I think from a sales rep or something.
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Old 02-02-2007, 08:16 AM
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Nope. Someone at work got one - I think from a sales rep or something.
Does it say, "That was easy, eh?"?


Please tell me your location is Victoria, Canada, or I'm a doofus.
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