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domingo, 18 de dezembro de 2011

Jokes - 18

TRAVELLER IN THE FAR EAST TRIES ORDERING BREAKFAST


Note: this story is about how two people using the English language build up a fine example of miscommunication. Read it aloud to yourself, pronounce it just the way this text is written.

Room Service: "Morny, ruin sorbees"

Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialled 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, an 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 it on the side"

RS: "Copy?"

G: "Sorry?"

RS: "Copy...tea...mill?"

G: "Yes, coffee please, and thats'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."



And now with subtitles, just to be sure...

Room Service (RS): "Morny. Ruin sorbees"

Room service Translation (RST): "Morning, room service"

Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service"

RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??"

RST: "Right! Room service! Do you wish to order something?"

G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs"

RS: "Ow July den?"

RST: "How would you like them?"

G: "What??"

RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?"

RST: "How would you like them? Fried? Boiled? Poached?"

G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry. Scrambled please."

RS: "Ow July dee bayhcem...crease?"

RST: "How would you like the bacon? Crisp?" [=kross]

G: "Crisp will be fine."

RS: "Hokay. An San tos?"

RST: "OK. And some toast?"

G: "What?"

RS:"San tos. July San tos?"

RST: "Some toast. Would you like some toast?"

G: "I don't think so"

RS: "No? Judo one toes??"

RST: "No? You don't want toast?"

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 inglish mopping we bother?

RST: "Toast! Toast! Why do you don?t want toast [!!] ? How about an English Muffin with butter?"

G: "English muffin! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Okay, fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."

RS: "We bother?"

RST: "With Butter?"

G: "No, just put the bother on the side."

RS: "Wad?"

RST: "What?"

G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side."

RS: "Copy?"

RST: "Coffee?"

G: "Sorry?"

RS: "Copy...tea...mill?"

RST: "Coffee? Tea? Milk?"

G: "Oh,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?"

RST: "One minute. That's room twenty-three, scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, toast and english muffin with butter on the side, and coffee. Right?"

G: "Whatever you say"

RS: "Tendjewberrymud"

RST: "Thank you very much"

G : "You're welcome"

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