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James Wysong is a flight attendant and author of two books about flying. Every week he shares his observations about life at 36,000 feet from a crewmember's perspective.

This week:

Lost in Translation
Have accent, will travel

Previous columns:

What's So Funny?
Laughing at the airlines

Keeping the Faith
A cross-cultural experience

Deplane Truth
Stay put

Captain Jack
Red-light adventure

Soup Of the Day
Bad karma

Plane Superstitious
Touch my plane

BOHICA
And other airline acronyms

Looking For Answers
Questions for you

My Closest Call
A scary flight

Keep Your Penis
In-flight gender bender

Stupid Slogans
Advertising that doesn't work

In-Flight Survivor
Eat more airline food

A Smorgasbord Of Smells
Don't stink up the cabin

Rudest Flight Attendants
Low-cost or high-cost?

Planes and Paint Thinner
If airlines sold it

Plane Torture
Staying on the aircraft

Panhandlers in Pinstripes
CEOs and greed

It Takes a Big Man
A different kind of mechanical delay

Someone to Lean On
Don't do it

Another Chapter in My Life
Frank facts about going out of business

All Choked Up
A run-in with my CEO

Frank Questions
Answering his critics

Flying With Granny
Who you callin' old?

Hot Stuff, Baby
Losing Mr. Happy

To Air is Human
Who cut the cheese?

The Walks of Life
Strutting at the airport

Hold The Mayo ... Please
It's an epidemic!

Why Pilots Have to Shave
And other fun facts

Scalped!
It's just a toupee

Rodney the Rat
Not your average stowaway

Celebrity Payback
Here are the answers

Why Ask Why?
Airline imponderables

Celebrity Quiz
Can you guess?

Bite Your Tongue
Things passengers say

Have a Seat
More on the economy-class squeeze

Flight Attendants Lie, Too
Taking the heat off the pilots

You Can't Handle the Truth
And your pilot shouldn't bother telling it

Passing the Buck
How airlines play the blame game

Taking the Shot
Your flight attendant may be sick

Frankly, I Don't Hate Kids
First class babies are crying

First Class Babies
Keep 'em out of the forward cabin

Sitting Next to Senator Slimeball
And leaving him speechless