Stupid TouristsWhat's the stupidest thing you've ever heard a tourist say? Ever heard an American talking about visiting "Scotchland, England", or (and this one is actually real) a Japanese couple talking about the correct way to say Clapham is actually Clatham, as "ph" sounds are pronounced "th". Which has a certain logic really. UPDATE: Please, no more Loogabarooga stories. It's getting like, "and I opened my eyes and my mum had left me a cup of tea!"
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chthonic, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:31)
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Do I get points for being a clever foreigner?I was in the Greyhound terminal in Pittsburgh, and I was heading for Minneapolis.
Now, it does'nt matter how slowly I speak, I'm from Morecambe Bay and therefore have a Northern English accent as thick as a whale's knob.
When I asked the unsmiling lady for a ticket she looked at me with incomprehension so I asked again, in the best cut glass I could muster, for "a ticket to Minneapolis."
Then she told me, in her best speaking to retards voice, that Minneapolis is a state and I need to tell her which city I wanted to go to.
Her supervisor was on hand, fortuitously. Sorry Mercans. Love your country, love most of you but could you raise the standards a little please?
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 23:04,
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