The worst part is, I understood every word of this...
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The following 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 (RS): "Morrin. Roon sirbees."
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room service."
RS: "Rye... Roon sirbees... morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen?"
G: "Uh... yes... I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What?"
RS: "Ow July den?... pryed, boyud, poochd?"
G : "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please."
RS: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS: "Hokay. An sahn toes?"
G: "What?"
RS: "An toes. July sahn toes?"
G: "I don't think so."
RS: "No? Judo wan sahn toes?"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."
RS: "Toes! toes!... Why jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
G: "English muffin! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bodder?"
G: "No... just put the bodder on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter... just put it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Excuse me?"
RS: "Copy... tea... meel?"
G: "Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we bodder on sigh and copy... rye?"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tenjewberrymuds."
G: "You're very welcome." |
