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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Carpaccio and Stupid TouristsI was in Germany with my 13 year old, thrilled to be showing her parts of Europe that I hadn't seen til I was in college. With my fluent-in-German brother, we stopped for lunch at a cafe attached to a castle.
I'd had a Berlitz course in German and my daughter had just finished a year of Deutsch 101. Wow, did I think we were cool! Not. I understood all of the menu except the word "carpaccio", but ordered it anyway, since the rest of the description sounded tasty. My brother gave me a weird look but didn't speak up. When it arrived, I took one look and oh-so-suavely brayed in horror, "But it's raw!"
The handsome young waiter didn't roll his eyes, bless him and very kindly offered to take it back and get something else. I told him no, I'd eat it as a lesson in arrogance.
My daughter laughed her ass off.
(, Tue 12 Jul 2005, 16:38, Reply)
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