language differences....................

[rattattack1313]

Friends, What about the stresses of overseas travelling? Not all plain sailing. Some translation needed. To get the full effect, this message should be read out loud. You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation. This
has been nominated for the best email of 2005.




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

[spacattack]

gob phat mabe me bwain go into ober tyme

[Jesk]

maybe ive been around too many idiots for too long cos i got that phonetic conversation first time

[PhatVN]

i dont like that post.. i actually had to think

[Jesk]

Nothing wrong with thinking, it keeps the mind agile for longer Tenjewberrymuds

[ElDubya]

Hahaha, I have had a few phone conversations like this myself ...

[Jesk]

lemme see to telstra call centres in india? One way to piss them off is once your fed up with trying to understand them is to ask for someone that speaks english

[253PWR]

damn it took me about 5 minutes to crack that