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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bit crueli first started dating my (scottish) gf just before she moved down to brighton for work.. she'd only been to england once before, which i recon makes her a tourist..
anyways, i picked her up from gatwick, and as some of you will know, as you blat down th a23 you go past pease pottage. 'whats that' she asked. i consider the truth (its just a smallish villagey place) but instead decide to have some fun.
'do you not have any pottages up in edinburgh?'
'no, what are they?'
'aahh.. they're a very old type of building, thats a little like a cross between a pot and a cottage, hence the name.. basically a few hundred years ago straw for thatched roofs was very scarce, so people built small round houses without a roof at all, in order to keep the wind away. the houses would have a porch cover, where the occupants could stand if it was raining. unfortunately they were a bit rare cos they only offered protection from rain OR wind, not both, and as such most were destroyed. pease pottage is one of the best surviving examples'
'really?? we'll have to go see it sometime..'
a few days later i admitted the truth just after she'd finished telling her parents
:)
(, Wed 13 Jul 2005, 9:43, Reply)
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