Amusing Language Barriers or "Tank you, puppy!"

[ZenMusician]

I get the joy of going through toll booths everyday.

One morning I hand my money to the jovial guy
and he says "Tank you, puppy!" WTF??!!

I remember, duh! Red Sox...Ortiz...he said "papi"

Sure enough the next day he calls me "papi"
again! I assume this is "daddy", esp. when used
by a Latin-American. Jesus Christ.

You guys must have some far more violating/amusing
stories, so have at it.

-ZEN

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

If I were a tollbooth operator, I'd have to do something to entertain myself. I'd imagine making up strange [censored] to say to people would at least be mildly amusing for a little while. I do it in the park sometimes.

[dvo352]

I was thinking of answering all my phone calls with a chinese accent for day (which is ok for me to do since I'm asian)... but then I realized that I might just get fired.

[KyleC]

Maybe the toll booth guy is gay? I believe saying papi is along the lines of a dude going up to a chic and saying "hey baby". The spanish equivalent is mami I believe, at my last job the mexicans would teach me spanish every day. So maybe the dude is checking you out haha.

[scotnt73]

i was getting some dougnuts with my oldest daughter for the family about 5 years ago. i had just ordered a couple of dougnuts with sprinkles for my youngest daughter when the asian woman raised up, looked me straight in the eye, and said "da o long?" i said excuse me? she repeated "da o long". this went back and forth for about a minute. theres a long line behind me. im looking at the people in line for help but noone is helping me. the woman is finally almost screaming "da o long! da o long! da o long!"

finally the old woman behind me said-did you order sprinkles? i said yes. she said she must be saying dot or long. describing the 2 types of sprinkles. i said"you gotta be [censored] kidding me! DOT!DOT! i yelled at the lady.(i had no idea that sprinkles came in different sizes)

as shes finishing my order i hear all the asian ladies laughing behind the counter snickering da o long, da o long like thwey are telling each other about the retarded american and they are all laughing.

i never went back i was so embarrassed. my daughter still occationally jokes with me when im not paying attention to her and ill say "what?" and shell reply "da o long"

[ZenMusician]

Yeah...that's what I was afraid of.
He must be into tall white dudes...

I was going to say "De nada, mami!"
but I really don't want any more
guests for Thanksgiving or a violent
toll booth spectacle.

The key is posting other stories - making
me feel better! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

-ZEN

[Slow Play Ray]

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