A Hotel in Asia 
19-VI-2000

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): "Morny. Ruin sorbees." 
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service." 
RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??" 
G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs." 
RS: "Ow July den?" 
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?" 
G : "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please." 
RS: "Ow July dee bayhcem...crease?" 
G: "Crisp will be fine." 
RS : "Hokay. An San tos?" 
G: "What?" 
RS:"San tos. July San tos?" 
G: "I don't think so." 
RS: "No? Judo one toes??" 
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo one toes' means." 
RS: "Toes! Toes!...Why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we bother?" 
G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine." 
RS: "We bother?" 
G: "No..just put the bother on the side." 
RS: "Wad?" 
G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side." 
RS: "Copy?" 
G: "Sorry?" 
RS: "Copy...tea...mill?" 
G: "Yes. Coffee please, and that's all." 
RS: "One Minnie. Ass ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baychem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy....rye??" 
G: "Whatever you say" 
RS: "Tendjewberrymud." 
G : "You're welcome."