26 September, 2008

"Beep & Fork Siomai" and "Prince Fries"

My friends and I were talking about pronunciation boo-boos.

Me: Once when I and my friend were ordering in Chowking, we overheard the person in front of us say in our vernacular, "What do you want, BEEP SIOMAI or FORK SIOMAI?"

God. I really had to bite my inner cheeks lest I burst out laughing. But I was thinking. A beeping siomai? Oh wow. Does it bite too? LOL. And what the hell is a fork siomai? Siomai served pierced on a fork?

Of course, I very well know that the poor lady meant BEEF SIOMAI or PORK SIOMAI.







While people were laughing their hearts out at my story, a friend shared a similar experience, even preceding her story with a "this one is a winner" remark. It sure was.
My Friend: In our office, we wanted to order from McDonald's so we passed around a piece of paper where people can list their orders. Our cleaner passed by so I asked her if she wanted anything.

Cleaner (in the vernacular): Ma'am, I wrote it down already.

My Friend: (scanning the list).
True enough. Written in the list was the cleaner's name and her order: PRINCE FRIES.

So, does anyone want to order KING FRIES? That's FRENCH FRIES, the up-sized version. LOL.


7 comments:

  1. hey, milai. sure :) slamat !:) diko pa na update ang list ko eh. na damage ung dating HTML ko. kainis! :( di pa naman ako marunong mag edit2 nang HTML :(

    juz ko nakakatawa naman ito. oo grabe. ako di ako magaling s ganyan. mamamatay ako kapag pinigilan kong tumawa! :) sama nang ugali ko no hahah!

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  2. hey, milai. sure :) slamat !:) diko pa na update ang list ko eh. na damage ung dating HTML ko. kainis! :( di pa naman ako marunong mag edit2 nang HTML :(

    juz ko nakakatawa naman ito. oo grabe. ako di ako magaling s ganyan. mamamatay ako kapag pinigilan kong tumawa! :) sama nang ugali ko no hahah!

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  3. i have a good laugh with this post :)

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  4. hehehe. milai. co-poster ako dun sa solofoodtrip with yuri. a colleague =) minsan ako na nag me maintain sa blog. wala ako magawa eh :D

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  5. @ yuri and jules
    hay naku, ang hirap kayang magpigil ng tawa. he he he!

    'kala ko may split personality ka kasi sabay kayo lagi magpost ng comment. peace! :P

    buti naman natawa ka. tawang tawa rin ako sa "prince fries" eh.

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  6. baka dahil sa regional defect hihihi! :) pati kaming mga kapampangan merong defect. brain defect hehehe lol. jokelang.

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  7. split personality, alter ego, keri :) hehehe. actually wag ka maarte. ganon ako minsan LOL! hiding inside myself ang drama ko minsan hehee. taga san ka? any moment nasa paligid lang pala kita wehee :)

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