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): "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 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, and 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 in 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: Tendjewberrymud"
G: "you're welcome"
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