Tourists

[GopherM]

Three tourists were driving through Wales. As they were approaching Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town's name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch.

As they stood at the counter one asked the blonde employee, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are... very slowly?"

The girl leaned over the counter and said, "Burrrrrr, gerrrrrr, Kiiiiiing."

 

[SamSpade]

Three tourists were driving through Wales. As they were approaching Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town's name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch.

As they stood at the counter one asked the blonde employee, "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are... very slowly?"

The girl leaned over the counter and said, "Burrrrrr, gerrrrrr, Kiiiiiing."

As funny as this is - something LIKE this happened to us, in Moscow.

My wife asked to speak to someone who spoke English, although the person we got was someone who probably just knew more English than anyone else.

She proceeded to order Big Macs and McNuggets, which elicited at least a snicker from one of the young teenagers present. Since I can read Russian, I looked at the board - *everything* was exactly the same as in English, although to pronounce it in Russian, it would sound more like "Beeg Mock" and "Cheeken Mak Nooo Gits".

They didn't say much else, but it was pretty funny at the time.