decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot) (10/07/83)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I just remembered a series of SCTV episodes of "English for Beginners" in which a eager little woman of some kind of Europeanish foreign origin tries so hard to understand and be a good student that it invariably drives her teacher up a wall. Sample "dialogue": T: Hello. S: Hewwo. T: How are you today? S: Homma oota kay! T[commending S]: Very good. S: Wenny goom. T: Can you direct me to the hotel? S: Kaa hoo drekk ma hotaa! T: Can you di rect me to the ho tel? S: Kaa hoo dr ekk ma ho taa! T[getting angry, standing]: CAN YOU DI RECT ME TO THE HO TEL! S[standing]: Kaa hoo dr ekk ma ho taa! T[screaming]: Sit down! S[remaining standing, ecstatic]: Seeya dunn! T: No no no! S: Nuh nuh nuh! T: You don't have to say that! S: Yoodun fsah yaa! I guess you had to be there. What a riot! Dave Decot ..!decvax!cwruecmp!decot