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. QuotaBills Is there another word for synonym? - George Carlin I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. - Frank Lloyd Wright Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham I am disappointment in you're grammar. - Unknown Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. - Sir Francis Bacon Good sayings are like pearls strung together. - Chinese Proverb Tears at times have all the weight of speech. - Ovid I will not down to posterity talking bad grammar. - Benjamin Disraeli Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. - Leo Rosten Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it. - Christopher Morley Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. - Robert Benchley We now communicate with everyone and say absolutely nothing. - Ted Koppel We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can. - Will Rogers You don't have good grammar when you type with your fists. - C.F. 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16-Aug-2018