<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fred @ May 31 2006, 05:42 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Room Service: Morny, rune sor-bees.
Hotel Guest: Oh sorry, I thought I dialed room service.........
................Hotel Guest: You're welcome.
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An oldie, but a goodie, and so very true.
Funnily enough my wife has a Thai friend in the UK, married, couple of kids, but she still speaks pigeon English that I can hardly understand. And get this, her English husband is a teacher! She runs a market stall selling asian knick knacks, so hardly has a shortage of interaction with English speakers.