Asian vs. English

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A little tidbit from my files:

This was nominated "Best E-Mail of 1997".


A telephonic 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 oder 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 baychem...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! 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 copy...rye??"

G:  "Whatever you say"

RS:  "Tendjewberrymund"

G:  "You're welcome!"

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