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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Americans in 'Vien'I live in Vienna, Austria’s capital and when you go on the underground you have to punch your tickets into a little blue box. Last week I saw a middle aged couple about to get on the escalators trying to shove their tickets into a red fire hydrant. I should have helped them but I was laughing too much.
Also heard an American woman saying that Vienna is really called Sausage City (as in German it’s called Wien but pronounced Vien. She was probably thinking of Wiener sausages or some such rot).
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:21, Reply)
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