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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I was the tourist...A couple of years ago I visited Washington (State, not D.C.) and my host kindly corrected my pronunciation on such place names as Anacortes, Snoqalmie and Mukilteo, etc A little later in the holiday we ended up visiting Bellingham, way up north, close to the Canadian border, where we were meeting some pals from Canada. So we sat down in this fast food place, and I was delighted to see Porter as one of the beverages on offer (I loved Washington for many reasons, the availabilty of decent porter not least of those reasons!) I ordered a pint of porter to go with my lunch. The waitress looked blank. I tried again. Nothing. And again. Nope. Nothing. So I cleared my throat and tried again with the lamest, stupidest attempt at an 'American' accent you can imagine "a pine of porrderrr". "A pint?" she asks making pint rhyme with tint.
*spang*
(, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 11:52, Reply)
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