Inglês

Adorei chegar na Austrália e ouvir um inglês sem o sotaque forte de Cingapura. A Renata e o Thiago colocaram o texto abaixo no blog deles e acho que essa é a melhor forma de explicar o que quero dizer com "sotaque forte".

By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND what is " TANJOOBERRYMUTTS "....and be ready for China. In order to continue getting-by in China , we need to learn English the way it is spoken.

Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TANJOOBERRYMUTTS ". With a little patience, you'll be able to fit right in. Now, here goes. The following is a telephonic exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and room-service today......

Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees."

Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."

Room Service: " Rye . Roon sirbees...morrin ! Joowish to oddor 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, pochd ?"

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...tea.. 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."

RoomService: "Tanjooberrymutts."

Guest: "You're welcome"

Remember I said "By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 'TANJOOBERRYMUTTS'...

...and you do, don't you ! :-)