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9th August 1993: If ever there was a resident of Coronation Street who wanted to better herself it was Raquel Wolstenhulme. When boyfriend Gordon Blinkhorn invited her on holiday to France, she was determined to learn the language so that she didn't show him up in front of his friends. Knowing Ken Barlow was an educated man, she asked his help, although she said she would understand if he was couldn't ("If you're too busy, there's a woman I can go to round 'ere. Private French lessons. She put a little card in t'phone booth.") Ken hastily agreed and started to take her through basic conversational French. He demonstrated to Raquel that she already knew a lot of French words: "baguette", "café", "vin rouge" and she told him that a Frenchman in Corfu had once taught her how to say "Isn't it a lovely day today." Ken therefore taught her how to introduce herself and asked her to include that smattering of knowledge in a full sentence: "Bonjour Ken, Je m'appelle Raquel. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" was the result...
 * For more information see Episode 3578 (9th August 1993).