Room Service: "Morrin. Roon sirbees."Now imagine having a similar conversation about something more important than room service - maybe like your property taxes? Well, if you've lived in California, you probably have had that conversation.
Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
Room Service: "Rye . Dis Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"
Guest: "Uh.... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs.
Room Service: "Ow July den?"
Guest: "......What??"
Room Service: "Ow July den?!?... pryed, boyud, poochd?"
Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. scrambled, please."
Room Service: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"
Guest: "Crisp will be fine ."
Room Service: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"
Guest: "What?"
Room Service: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"
Guest: "I... don't think so."
RoomService: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"
Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."
RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin weet bodder?"
Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! I've got it! You were saying 'toast'...Fine ...Yes, an English muffin will be fine ."
RoomService: "Weet bodder?"
Guest: "No, just put the bodder on the side."


RoomService: "Wad?!?"
Guest: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the side."
RoomService: "Copy?"
Guest: "Excuse me?"
RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?"
Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... and that's everything.."
RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, weet bodder on sigh and copy ... rye??"
Guest: "Whatever you say."
RoomService: "Tenjooberrymuds."
Guest: "You're welcome."
PS Actually, this is not a Mexican accent. It's a Puerto Rican accent. Puerto Ricans, like Phillipinos and Indians, learn English in school and therefore think that they can speak it. Of they can't.
1 comments:
Pat,
I hope you get this comment; I've been struggling for some time with the echo thing. I found this other blog of yours, Jefferson, and noticed that the post was new and a duplicate of the one you posted on redneck earlier. I understand why you're considering stopping. If you remember, I wrote you last year about this time when you were thinking about stopping your blog. What I said then, still goes, You're number 2 on my favorite list right after Big Hollywood. But, if you stop blogging altogether, I'll certainly understand. If you decide to continue on this blog or create another, let me know and I'll be there as a regular reader and sometime commenter. As a senior (I'll be 70 in April), I value variety. And your blog has always provided it. To paraphrase Blake, many roads of excess lead to the palace of wisdom. So I personally do hope you'll find some way of continuing. BTW, I used to blog a little on something called Blogstream; if you're looking for different venues, check it out.
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