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Could you translate it into English from some kind of Asian English?

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11:46 AM Aug 09 2008 | Reply

Agnolia

Agnolia

Russian Federation

Can u translate “tendjewberrymud” in Englsih. Probably the following telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room service at a hotel in Asia can help you,. This conversation 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.”

:”Ow July dee bayhcem…crease?”

G:”:”Crisp will be fine”

RS: “Hocay. 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 webother?

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?’

::” 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!

04:51 AM Aug 10 2008 | Reply

fathma

fathma

Taiwan

Are you sure ?  English ?#$%@&*

11:51 AM Aug 10 2008 | Reply

Agnolia

Agnolia

Russian Federation

I beleive it's just how some people from Asia pronounce some English words. I suppose  intonation and sounds in European and English language differ greatly. so it's difficult to pronounce.

 for example^ dje=do you

wad=what

copy= coffee

 However I cannot understnad "tendjewberrymud"

 Could you help me?!

 If you read it aloud maybe it will be easier to grasp

06:45 PM Aug 10 2008 | Reply

fathma

fathma

Taiwan

Oh!my God! If that's the case.I think I got it.

"tendjewberrymud" could be translated as "Thank you very much."

Boy!What a mess it is !

11:09 AM Aug 11 2008 | Reply

Agnolia

Agnolia

Russian Federation

Thank you very much! I got it after giving you advice to say it aloud. I said it aloud and got the meaning, Howerver if I didn't ask your help, i wasn't able to give advice and got the meaning.Smile

anyway some words in this dialogue sounded pretty funny.

Some lines makes me lol

for example:

room service= ruin service ( but to serve at a hotel isn't a distructionit's sooner a little creation)

 toast= toes (a toast doesn't relate to fingers of feet

and so on..

 I \d like to ask you . Have you ever heard anybody to sound like this or do you think it's just a funny fairy tale?Wink

 

 

 

 

10:03 PM Aug 27 2008 | Reply

dreamkatch

dreamkatch

Canada

Have you been to Canada?  There is a big chain of coffee shops called "Tim Hortons", and when you go through the drive-thru, they are supposed to say,"Good morning, Tim Hortons!"  But in my neighbourhood, which is mostly Asian, it sounds like,"maymoaneen-imoden!"

 

So, lets see….

 Room Service ( RS):”Good morning, room service"

Guest( G):”Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service.”

RS:Right…Room service. Good morning, did you wish to order something?

G:” Uh…yes…I’d like some bacon and eggs.”

RS::”How would you like them

G: “What?”

RS: How would you like them?  Fried?  Boiled?  Poached?

G:”Oh,the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry,scrambled please.”

:How would you like the bacon?  Crisp?

G:”:”Crisp will be fine”

RS: Ok.  And some toast?

G:”What?”

RS: Some toast.  Would you like some toast.

G:” I don’t think so?”

RS: no?  You don't want toast?

G:”I feel really bad about this, but I don’t know what ‘judo one toes” means”

RS:Toast!  Toast!  Why do you not want toast?  How about an english muffin with butter?

G:”:”English muffin!! I’ve got it! You were saying “Toast”.fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine.”

 RS:: with butter?

G: “No…just put the bother on the side.”

RS:: what?

G:” I mean butter…just put it on the side.”

RS::”coffee?

G:” “Sorry?’

::”coffee?  Tea?  Milk?

G:”Yes,Coffee, please, and that’s all”

RS::”One minute.  That's room twenty three (or two-oh-three), scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, toasted english muffin with butter on the side, and coffee…right?

G:”Whatever you say”

 RS::”Thank you very much!

G:”You’re welcome!

 

 

 

How did I do?  You should look up "the pacific mall" in Toronto, Ontario.  I live near there.  I am the only white person I have seen around here! At 5'7", I feel VERY tall! 

12:07 PM Aug 28 2008 | Reply

Agnolia

Agnolia

Russian Federation

Thank you very much, dreamer!!! for translating giving me some intersting details of hte place where you live!

i am sure I have never got some words ( for example “pooch” for me it sounds like Vinni-the Pooch)
By the way I ’v read that some people in China have tongue operation because they want to improve their pronanciation quickly. It ’s terrible. It s clear that Asian people need more practice in English phonetics. It should be respected!!!!!!

12:21 PM Aug 28 2008 | Reply

dreamkatch

dreamkatch

Canada

Where did you get this thing, anyway?  I thought you were relating something that happened to you.

12:30 PM Aug 28 2008 | Reply

Agnolia

Agnolia

Russian Federation

i mentioned above that conversation was recorded and published in Far east econimic Rewiew . one of my friend took it from the Net some year ago…, what a way how I got it, ….I have never been to Canada…

01:53 PM Aug 28 2008 | Reply

dreamkatch

dreamkatch

Canada

What do people there think Canada is like?  It's funny, because even in the USA people have an inage of canada that is completely wrong. 

03:02 PM Aug 28 2008 | Reply

worldmikel

worldmikel

United States

I've watched that famous newsman, Rick Mercer on YouTube, "Talking To Americans". I know Canada is different. You have a 20-hour clock and you send old people out on ice floes to die. The former Prime Minister's name is Jean Poutine. And your capitol building is an igloo. You have a 5-dollar coin called a "Woodie". Canadians are proud of their "Woodies".  As cruel and brutal as it is, the country refuses to cease the Saskatchewan seal hunt!

I know you Canadians! Tongue out

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