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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ey, FrogservoVersailles? As in the treaty/ palace of?
Actually, the place names don't seem too difficult. And indeed, most tourists would probably ask the correct pronounciation, or at least would probably be corrected.
Like the American woman on the train to London that called Reading "Reading"-- as in "I was reading a book". I laughed, corrected her, now she's slightly more cultured.
The big question is, would most Brits want to go to the mid-west. I find most of the USA PAINFULLY DULL.
Edit. I'm having trouble here with ver-SAILES. Would that be the same as ver-SAILS (a boat). We need phonetics here.
Ah, well, the name has been corrupted (probably) by you lot. I'd still ask how to pronounce it if I ever went there.
Still. b3ta might be more British than any other country, but it seems the sheer volume of 'Merkin' stories from all around the world says something about American tourists. Odd, as American ex-pats all seem to be witty, clever and nice people.
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drunkenoaf, Sat 9 Jul 2005, 22:35,
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