Tendjewberrymud

[To get the full effect, this should be read aloud. The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review. You will understand what 'tendjewberrymud' means by the end of the conversation...] Room Service (RS): Morny. Ruin sorbees. Guest (G): Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service. RS: Rye... Ruin sorbees... morny! Djewish to odor sunteen? G: Uh... yes... I’d like some bacon and eggs. RS: Ouw July den? G: What? RS: Ouw July den?... pryd, boyd, poochd? G: Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please. RS: Ouw July dee baychem? 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 sahn toes? G: I feel really bad about this, but I don’t know what ’judo sahn toes’ means. RS: Toes! toes!... Why djew Don Juan toes? Ouw bow Anglish moppin we boter? G: English muffin! I’ve got it! You were saying ‘Toast.’ Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine. RS: We boter? G: No... just put the boter on the side. RS: Wad? G: I mean butter... just put it on the side. RS: Copy? G: Sorry? RS: Copy... tea... mill? G: Yes. Coffee, please, and that’s all. RS: One Minnie. Scram egg, crease baychem, Anglish moppin we boter on sigh and copy.... rye? G: Whatever you say. RS: Tendjewberrymud. G: You’re very welcome. 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23-Oct-2018