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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A friend of mine has the best story for this (but as he's not a b3tan, I'll share it on his behalf).He was meeting up with American family friends and they introduced their daughter "Lan-e-lye" to them. Apparently she had been named after this quaint little town they had visited last time they had been to Britain some years before.
Yup, they had named their daughter Llanelli.
He didn't have the heart to tell them how it was really pronounced.
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Hagbard ... it's been a long time., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 13:05,
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