"Tenjewberrymuds"

This is an email sent to our English for Tourism teacher and she shared it with us last Tuesday. Just thought that I would post it up here.

Tenjewberrymuds

To get the full effect, this message should be read out loud. You will understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' mean by the end of the conversation.

This has been nominated for the best email of 2005.

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, scramble 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? Wo bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
G: "English muffin!!I've got it! Your 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...!"

Deanna read the RS part and Tina took the Guest role and all of us had a good laugh after they finished reading it! Hahahah!

Ok, gotta get to work now - study for News Writing and English for Tourism!

Tenjewberrymuds:)