TEN JEW BERRYMUDS!

[tzalam2]

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.

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."

 

[IVA]

lol.. loved it!

 

[tzalam2]

Oh good!
Traveling to foreign countries can be quite
a mental workout, when communicating.
I thought everyone who has ever had to deal with
that situation would find this humorous.

 

[cly]

That's pretty funny! It took me a moment to figure out what was being said, but I eventually got it. I kinda know how that English-speaking traveler felt. We have a lot of Mexicans that come in the gas station I work at, and sometimes it's nearly impossible to understand them. Anyway, "tenjewberrymuds" for sharing! :D

 

[Vic C.]

Hahaha.

I work for a communications company. I know the dialogue well. 8-)