A telephone exchange between a foreign hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Japan, which was recorded and published in the Far
East Economic Review.....
(Be warned, you're going to find yourself talking "funny" for a while after reading this. It was nominated
"best email of 1997")
Room Service: "Morny. Ruin sorbees"
Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service"
RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??"
(right..room service..morning! do you wish to order something)
G: "Uh.. yes.. I'd like some bacon and eggs"
RS: "Ow july den?" (how would you like them)
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow july den?...pry, boy, pooch?" (fry, boil or poached)
G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please."
RS: "Ow july dee baycem...crease?" (bacon ...crisp)
G: "Crisp will be fine"
RS: "Hokay. An san tos?" (And some toast)
G: "What?"
RS: "San tos. July san tos?" (some toast...you like some toast)
G: "I don't think so"
RS: "No? Judo one toes??" (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 ingalish 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 that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. As ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baychem, tossy ingalish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say"
RS: "Tendjewberrymud"
G: "You're welcome"