Post by Brinybay on Jun 7, 2004 12:41:27 GMT -5
This is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review....
Room Service: "Morny. Ruin sorbees"
Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service"
RS: "Rye....Ruin sorbees...morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??"
G: "Uh yes, I'd like to order some bacon and eggs"
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What?"
RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?"
G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please."
RS:"Ow July dee bayhkem....crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine"
RS: "Hokay. An San toes?"
G: "What?"
RS: "San toes. July San toes?"
G: "I don't think so"
RS: "No? Judo one toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what judo one toes means."
RS: "Toes! Toes!....why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we bother?"
G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bother?"
G: "No, just but the bother on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter. Just put the butter on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Sorry?"
RS: "Copy....tea...mill?"
G: "Yes coffee please, and that's all."
RS: "One minnie. Ass ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baykem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say"
RS:"Tendjewberrymud"
G: "You're welcome"
Room Service: "Morny. Ruin sorbees"
Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service"
RS: "Rye....Ruin sorbees...morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??"
G: "Uh yes, I'd like to order some bacon and eggs"
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What?"
RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?"
G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please."
RS:"Ow July dee bayhkem....crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine"
RS: "Hokay. An San toes?"
G: "What?"
RS: "San toes. July San toes?"
G: "I don't think so"
RS: "No? Judo one toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what judo one toes means."
RS: "Toes! Toes!....why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we bother?"
G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bother?"
G: "No, just but the bother on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter. Just put the butter on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Sorry?"
RS: "Copy....tea...mill?"
G: "Yes coffee please, and that's all."
RS: "One minnie. Ass ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baykem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say"
RS:"Tendjewberrymud"
G: "You're welcome"