Stupid TouristsWhat's the stupidest thing you've ever heard a tourist say? Ever heard an American talking about visiting "Scotchland, England", or (and this one is actually real) a Japanese couple talking about the correct way to say Clapham is actually Clatham, as "ph" sounds are pronounced "th". Which has a certain logic really. UPDATE: Please, no more Loogabarooga stories. It's getting like, "and I opened my eyes and my mum had left me a cup of tea!"
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chthonic, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:31)
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Another, this time in ParisI was in a very nice restaurant in Paris with my parents. A few tables away from us sat 3 American women (or Mer'kin) who were loud and apparently near drunk. The waiter was showing them the cheese course on the cart, and one of them shouts, "You should try some Wisc-ah-nson cheddeerr cheese, you don't know what you're missing." The waiter looked like he was trying his best not to stab the woman with her own fork, and I don't blame him.
Luckily, at the time, I was pretty fluent in conversational French as was my mother, so the staff seemed to be relieved whenever they came to our table.
(, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 20:43, Reply)
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