Definitely not PC, but oh, so funny... Doesn't have to be Asia, either;
I get that kind of stuff from an occasional telemarketer right here, in
US. And there was a whole article in NYTimes today about undergraduate
students being taught by international graduate students and not being
able to figure out what the heck. Nobody mentioned *international
undergraduates* and problems *they* might encounter... It's much worse
if you're not a native speaker, and don't know the language all that
well yourself; given a minute to think, I can adjust for most European
languages, even if it's the language *structure* and not just
pronounciation that's questionable. But Chinese and Indian variations
are just beyond my scope; even when it's grammatically perfect, my ear
goes dead for lack of experience...
From: D.C.
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.
Best read out loud - it's not as easy as some :)
Room Service (RS): "Morny. Ruin sorbees"
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service"
RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes..I'd like 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 bayhcem...crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS : "Hokay. An San tos?"
G: "What?"
RS:"San tos. July San tos?"
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. And yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bother?"
G: "No..just put the bother on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter...just put it 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
baychem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and
copyrye??"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tendjewberrymud."
G : "You're welcome."
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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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