Crossing the Language Barrier
Read This Out Loud!!!
I dare you to try!
To get the full effect, this should be read aloud. You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation.
The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia , which was recorded and published.
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."
Read This Out Loud!!!
I dare you to try!
To get the full effect, this should be read aloud. You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation.
The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia , which was recorded and published.
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."
