"To stop the drip,
turn cock to right'
Funny English in Thailand
We have a rather large collection of examples how English is
being used in different parts of the world, including Thailand.
If you read this and know of any other good and funny examples,
then please email us.
Here are a few of the gems we collected in recent years:
A conversation with room service:
Room Service: Morny, rune sor-bees.
Hotel Guest: Oh sorry, I thought I dialed room service.
Room Service: Rye, rune sore-bees. Morny. Jewish to ordor
sunteen?
Hotel Guest: I'd like some bacon and eggs.
Room Service: Ow July then?
Hotel Guest: What?
Room Service: Aches. Ow July then? Pry, boy, pooch..?
Hotel Guest: Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry,
Scrambled please.
Room Service: Ow July thee Baycome? Crease?
Hotel Guest: Crisp will be fine.
Room Service: Okay. An Santos?
Hotel Guest: Ugh.....I don't know....I don't think so.
Room Service: No? Judo one toes?
Hotel Guest: Look, I really feel bad about this, but I just
don't know what judo-one toes means, I'm sorry.
Room Service: Toes! Toes! Why Jew Don Juan toes? Ow bow
eengligh mopping we bother?
Hotel Guest: English Muffin! I've got it! Toast! You were
saying toast! Fine. An English Muffin will be fine.
Room Service: We Bother?
Hotel Guest: No, just put the bother on the side.
Room Service: Wad?
Hotel Guest: I'm sorry. I meant butter. Butter on the side.
Room Service: Copy?
>Hotel Guest: I feel terrible about this, but ....
Room Service: Copy. Copy, tea, mill.
Hotel Guest: Coffee! Yes coffee please. And that's all.
Room Service: One minnie. Ass rune torino-fie, strangle
aches, crease Baycome, tossy eengligh mopping we bother honey
sight, and copy. Rye?
Hotel Guest: Whatever you say.
Room Service: Okay, Tenjewberrymud.
Hotel Guest: You're welcome.
Learn Korean in 5
Minutes
(Must Read Out Loud)
01) That's not
right..............................Sum Ting Wong
02) Are you harbouring a fugitive.................Hu Yu Hai Ding
03) See me ASAP...................................Kum Hia
04) Stupid Man....................................Dum Gai
05) Small Horse...................................Tai Ni Po Ni
06) Did you go to the beach.......................Wai Yu So Tan
07) I bumped the coffee table.....................Ai Bang Mai Ni
08) I think you need a face lift..................Chin Tu Fat
09) It's Very dark in here........................Wao So Dim
10) I Thought you were on a diet..................Wai Yu Mun
Ching
11) This is a tow away zone.......................No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week........Wai Yu Kum Nao
13) Staying out of sight..........................Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile .................Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odour is offensive..................Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great.........................................Fa Kin Su Pah
17) Give it to me baby............................Suk Mai Dong
18) Germany will win the World Cup................No Fu Kin Wai
19) Whos been eating all the pies?................Yo Fat Wan
Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please.
If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read
notis
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid
The lift is being fixed for the next day.
During that time we regret that you will be unbearable
Outside a tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs
Another tailor shop: Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotations
Advertisement by dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest methodists
Advertisement for donkey rides: Would you like to ride on your own ass?
To stop the drip, turn cock to right
At a restaurant: Special today -- no ice cream
In a Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to
enter a woman
even a foreigner if dressed as a man
Ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions
Two signs from a souvenir shop entrance:
English well talking
Here speeching American
Furthermore the entire
site you are visiting now is full of funny English!
(mainly because I am Dutch and English is not my native
language).