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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WTF?Receptionist at hotel in Houston, Texas, Jan 2004:
'Are you guys from England?'
Yes..
'Id like to go there one day, but I'm not comfortable going somewhere that they dont speak the same language as me.. What language do they speak in England??'
Police Offcer in Los Angeles who has pulled us over after watching us partake in some rather 'unusual' rental car driving in a carpark, that involved lots of spinning, handbrake turns etc.
'So where are you guys from?' Sweden?
No, we're English.
'Well I dont know how you guys drive back home in Germany???'
And best of all, the chef in a Las Vegas hotel who couldnt prepare me a breakfast pancake even though I spoke slowly and surely and pointed at the ingredients I wanted in it. He just stood there looking blankly at me until after several attempts to make myself understood, I realized the problem and substituted the word 'raspberry' with 'RAAAAAZZZZZBERRY.' I finally got my pankcake!!
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 15:34, Reply)
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