"Tenjewberrymuds."

[rcecale]

To get the full effect, this should be read aloud.

You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation. This has been nominated for the best email of 2005.

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."

[dhoward]

I've talked to that guy....

[vash]

sorry, but far east asians dont say "copy" for coffee. i smell a fraud.

[legion]

See, and I was imagining someone from "Nolns".

[dtw]

Bush hates Tenjewberrymuds (he is an anti-semite too).

[RallyJon]

This has been nominated for the best email of 2005

Kind of like a Pulitzer, huh?

[Shuie]

Originally posted by legion
See, and I was imagining someone from "Nolns".

Im not sure what language that is, but its definitely not coonass. Besides we know how to eat down here. 'Butter on the side' would never be suggested south of I-10 in LA. No mention of a Bloddy Mary either, so definitely not NO.

[cantdrv55]

Originally posted by vash
sorry, but far east asians dont say "copy" for coffee. i smell a fraud.

I take it you've never been to the Philippines

[legion]

Originally posted by Shuie
Besides we know how to eat down here. 'Butter on the side' would never be suggested south of I-10 in LA. No mention of a Bloddy Mary either, so definitely not NO.

Surely no suthner would actually order butter on the side or a Bloody Mary, but they might suggest it to a silly nawthner.

[coloradoporsche]

When I'm traveling in Asia, I try to be very patient with those who are making the effort to speak English. It's much easier than learning Chineese.

[Moses]

Originally posted by cantdrv55
I take it you've never been to the Philippines

How's this call from a nurse at 3 AM. (Repeated hundreds of times over the years.)

Nurse: Payshun habeen peebur.

Me: Excuse me?

Nurse: Doktorr! Payshun habeen peebur one-o-one poin sebbun!

Me: Oh! The patient has a fever?

Nurse: Yes doktorr!. Peebur.

Me: Which patient?

Nurse: Sebben-too-sebben.

Me: Yes, room 727. What is the patients name?

Nurse: Sebben-too-sebben. (Click! dialtone...)

[vash]

Originally posted by cantdrv55
I take it you've never been to the Philippines

actually, my line was actually a "set shot" for you.

at my office, 40% of my buddies at work call me "clip law" besides, isnt the phillipines more south pacific? sorry,i dont have my globe.