Tenjewberrymuds: IDIOM OF THE WEEK #9 - EXTENDED!
Tenjewberrymuds
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You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation.
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:
Room Service (RS): "Morrin. ; Roon sirbees."
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
RS: "Rye ..Roon sirbees ..morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes.I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pryed, boyud, poochd?"
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 jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
G: "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 it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Excuse me?"
RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"
G: "Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we bodder on sigh and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tenjewberrymuds."
G : "You're very welcome."
und weils die Asiaten grad auch immer mit den Enten haben, gibts als "Idiom of the week" heute das hier:
like water off a duck's back (keinerlei Wirkung zeigen)
EXAMPLE: "I've complained to her about the noise, but it's like water off a duck's back."
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You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation.
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:
Room Service (RS): "Morrin. ; Roon sirbees."
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
RS: "Rye ..Roon sirbees ..morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes.I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pryed, boyud, poochd?"
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 jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
G: "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 it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Excuse me?"
RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"
G: "Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we bodder on sigh and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tenjewberrymuds."
G : "You're very welcome."
und weils die Asiaten grad auch immer mit den Enten haben, gibts als "Idiom of the week" heute das hier:
like water off a duck's back (keinerlei Wirkung zeigen)
EXAMPLE: "I've complained to her about the noise, but it's like water off a duck's back."
OhBehave - 26. Okt, 14:27
Nessy auf der Jangtse-Kreuzfahrt. *rrrrring*
Nessy: Yes, please?
RS: Roon sirbees.
Nessy: Excuse me?
RS: Roon sirbees.
Nessy: Ah. Okay. Room service.
RS: ya lanis ridi.
Nessy: What?
RS: ya lanis ridi.
Nessy: Lani?
RS: Lani.
Nessy: Excuse me, what's lani?
RS: Ya tause.
Nessy: You're joking at me! What's tause?
RS: Tause. Clausi.
Nessy: Ah, my trousers. Clothes. My laundry's ready. Okay, I'll come and fetch it.
Ja, das ist "listening comprehension"
https://zoee.in/2006/08/09/ienglischfoabeginnas/
und dass man etwas verwirrt ist, wenn man frühstückszehen angeboten bekommt, kann ich verstehen! :))
klasse, missjöh behave - feiner lacher zum wochenende!
@ZOEE: uhhaaa .... Frühstückszehen ... wasn Gedanke *g.