Why Spanish is better than English in DR

maxschnell

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Jun 16, 2005
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The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel
guest and room-service in the DR. Room service is
told to speak English.

Room Service (RS): "Goomorrin. Roon sirbees."

Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."

RS: " Jess...dis es roon sirbees...goomorrin! Joowish
to oddor sunteen???"

G: "Uh..... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs."

RS: "Ow July den?"

G: ".....What??"

RS: "Ow July den?!?... pryed, boyud, pooch?"

G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry...
scrambled, please."

RS: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"

G: "Crisp will be fine."

RS: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"

G: "What?"

RS: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"

G: "I... don't think so"

RS: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"

G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know
what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."

RS: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow
Anglish moppin we bodder?"

G: "Oh, English muffin!!! I've got it! You were
saying 'toast'... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be
fine."

RS: "We bodder?"

G: "No, just put the bodder on the side."

RS: "Wad?!?"

G: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the
side."

RS: "Copy?"

G: "Excuse me?"

RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"

G: "Yes. Coffee, please... and that's everything."

RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish
moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy.. rye??"

G: "Whatever you say."

RS: "Tenjooberrymuds."

G: "You're welcome."