How to understand Chinese in one word - with no insult intended to any Chinese person anywhere especially as this is really Chinglish and not Chinese. If anyone is offended I apologise in advance. Take your time..... By the time you read through this you will understand "Tanjooberrymutts". And then you will be ready to take on China. Believe me.. you will understand. Here goes... - - - Telephone exchange between hotel guest and room service in China Room Service: "Morrin. Roon sirbees." Guest: " Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service." Room Service: "Rye, roon sirbees... morrin! Joowish to odder sunteen?" Guest: "Uh... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs." Room Service: "Ow ulai den?" Guest: "What??" Room Service: "Ow ulai den?!?... Pryed, boyud, poche?" Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry... Scrambled, please/" Room Service: "Ow ulai dee bayken? Creepse?" Guest: "Crisp will be fine." Room Service: "Hokay. An sahn toes?" Guest: "What?" Room Service: "An toes. Ulai sahn toes?" Guest: "I...Don't think so..." Room Service: "No? Udo wan sahn toes???" Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'udo wan sahn toes' means." Room Service: "Toes! Toes!... Why Uoo don wan toes?... Ow bow anglish moppin we botter?" Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! I've got it! You were saying 'toast'... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine." Room Service: "We botter?" Guest: "No, just put the botter on the side." Room Service: "Wad?!?" Guest: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the side." Room Service: "Copy?" Guest: "Excuse me?" Room Service: "Copy... tee... meel?" Guest: "Yes. Coffee please...and that's everything." Room Service: "One minnie. Scramah egg, creepse bayken, Anglish moppin we botter on sigh and copy. Rye?" Guest: "Whatever you say." Room Service: "Tanjooberrymutts." Guest: "You're welcome." - - - Remember I did say "By the time you read through this... You WILL understand "Tanjooberrymutts"... And you do, don't you!
Yes I do, but then I'm a genius! It reminds me of a story my son's godfather, who was a BOAC pilot once told me. He was coming in to land at an airport in India and when he radioed ahead for the weather conditions was told by the traffic controller ........" Much bloody piss on runway".
