Nominated best email of 1997. This is a telephonic exchange between a hotel guest and room-service at a hotel in Asia. It was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review. Room Service: “Morny. Ruin sorbees.” Guest: “Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service.” RS: “Rye. Ruin sorbees. Morny! Jewish to odor sunteen??” G: “Uh, yes, I’d like some bacon and eggs.” RS: “Ow July den?” G: “What?” RS: “How July den - fry, boy, pooch?” G: Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled, please.” RS: “Ow July dee baychem – crease?” G: Crisp will be fine.” RS: “Hokay. An San Toes?” G: “What?” RS: “San toes. July San toes?” 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 jew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we bother?” G: “English muffins!!! 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 are welcome.”
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