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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Xenophobia is an Englishman's national sportand despite the tongue-in-cheekness of it, a recent sojourn to Finland heard me saying umpteen times "bloody foreigners." To be fair, we WERE eating reindeer.
It's one of the reasons I now no longer live in England either. When you admit you come from Margate too many spackers ask "oh, do you like jellied eels then?" as if it's some kind of commune for alternative dieters. It's only the twunts from London who eat jellied eels when they swarm to the south coast (alright, SE coast) for the bank holidays, and they dont appreciate the retort - "oh, you're from London? Why arent you wearing a bowler hat?" They even complain "There's too many bloody frenchers in Margate," when, after all, France is a mere 28 miles away, and London is about 75...
And FFS, the Loogabarooga thing isnt an urban myth, considering "ough" has 17 pronunciations, including "hiccough"
I like this QOTW.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 13:09,
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