Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:03:31 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Subject: Re: FTENDJEWBERRYMUD


Sorry: too cryptic. In Canada the butt of ethnic humour is "the Newfy
joke." I would never tell one and would never listen to one. But the
latter is only true when I am on the mainland. If I told off one of my
friends at home about telling a Newfy joke I would be regarded as an
uptight mainlander.
terry

Terry Goldie
English Department
York University
North York, Ontario
Canada
M3J 1P3
voice: 416-604-3670
fax: 416-736-5412
email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca

On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, radhika_gajjala wrote:

> jokes like these are all over the Internet. While I too don't like this - have
> never liked this -but  yes
> 
> "it is interesting how much more sensitive about such things we [you] in "ca",
> "uk" and "nz" are."
> 
> what's your joke?
> 
> r
> 
> terry goldie wrote:
> 
> > Yes but it has been sent to me by three different colleagues, two from
> > South Asia and one from Africa. I don't like this any more than most of
> > you do but it is interesting how much more sensitive about such things we
> > in "ca", "uk" and "nz" are.
> > By the way, I am just back from a wonderful week home in Newfoundland.
> > Wanna hear a joke?
> > terry
> >
> > Terry Goldie
> > English Department
> > York University
> > North York, Ontario
> > Canada
> > M3J 1P3
> > voice: 416-604-3670
> > fax: 416-736-5412
> > email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, John Bale wrote:
> >
> > > I'd say that there's more than a fair chance that the  person who forwarded
> > > this to Michelle was not a member of this list.
> > > John Bale
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: michelle menzies <mmenz-AT-ihug.co.nz>
> > > To: <postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 3:56 PM
> > > Subject: FTENDJEWBERRYMUD
> > >
> > >
> > > > This was part of my forwarded email today, and I wondered if the list
> > > would
> > > > have something, anything to say about it (or not).
> > > >
> > > > --------------
> > > > TENDJEWBERRYMUD
> > > > Its amazing, you will understand the above word by the end of the
> > > > conversation......Read aloud for best results.  "Tendjewberrymud"
> > > >
> > > > Be warned, you're going to find yourself talking "funny" for a while
> > > > after reading this.  This has been nominated for best email of 1999.
> > > >
> > > > The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and
> > > > room-service at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published
> > > > in the Far East Economic Review....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Room Service (RS): "Morny.  Ruin sorbees"
> > > > Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialled room-service"
> > > >
> > > > RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny!  Djewish to odor sunteen??"
> > > > G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs"
> > > >
> > > > RS: "Ow July den?"
> > > > G: "What??"
> > > >
> > > > RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?"
> > > > G : "Oh, the eggs!  How do I like them?  Sorry, scrambled please."
> > > >
> > > > RS: "Ow July dee bayhcem...crease?"
> > > > G: "Crisp will be fine."
> > > >
> > > > RS : "Hokay.  An San tos?"
> > > > G: "What?"
> > > >
> > > > RS:"San tos.  July San tos?"
> > > > 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 djew Don Juan toes?  Ow bow singlish
> > > > mopping we bother?"
> > > > G: "English muffin!!  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're welcome"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
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