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Crossing the Language Barrier

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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.


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."