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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Not, strictly speaking, tourists...but you get to meet a lot of stupid foreigners dealing on eBay.
There was the one who called me a cheat and a charlatan for saying that £5 = $8 when everyone knows that Dollars are worth more than Pounds.
Then the one who sent me $10 for a £10 purchase - when I sent it back with a huffy note explaining the exchange rate, he said he didn't realise that 'British Dollars aren't the same as American Dollars'.
And I can't count the number of Americans who think that 60p first class postage will get a book from here to zip code 1-800 fuckwit. (and yes, I know that would be a phone number not a zip code. I even know that when you use the 9 digit zip codes, you have to put a dash between the first 5 digits and the last 4. I'm clever, me)
However, I was well into university before I twigged that Arkansas and 'Arkansaw' were actually the same place. *sighs*
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 23:29,
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