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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I was on bus from London to Nottingham.......while a American student (Californian accent, wild hair, sun tan, LOUD) discusses his London sightseeing with his mate at the top of his voice.
Being a common antipodean I'm loving the scene and the heavy air of disapproval on the bus. *Imagine* talking (talking!) out loud on a bus. I think the thing that hurt the Brits most was that he was a visitor from a country that Brits have such a marked inferiorority complex to, and he *wasn't obeying the rules*.
Anyway, his best line was : "So I got to, like, Buck-ing-ham palace, and I'm all like "Yeah, so there's the GARAGE, where's the PALACE?" Dude. Whoa". Or something like that.
Hope all London B3tans are OK.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 2:31, Reply)
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