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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WWIIA friend of mine used to live in Cambridge and when taking a sunday stroll round the grounds of the uni overheard a conversation with an english tour guide and americian tourist.
Americian lady "So are these buildings pre-war then?"
Tour guide in upper class english gent voice "madam these buildings are pre-americias!"
Edit: well as this is sounding more and more like an urban legend here is another that I know is true as I was there at the time.
I have for a few years now been a medieval re-enactor attending shows up and down our wonderful land of Eng and was at an event when a dad reliably told his little one that of course medieval people just lived in huts because they couldn't build anything better. To my eternal shame it was a friend of mine with a faster wit they replied to the gentleman "so York minster, just clever weathering then sir?"
(, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 9:03, Reply)
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