Language barrier
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Receptionist: Good morning this is ABC Company. May I help you?
Caller: Yes, I am looking for Annie Wan.
Receptionist: I am sorry. You're looking for Anyone?
Caller: Yes, I am looking for Annie Wan.
Receptionist (annoyed): Who is this?
Caller: This is Sam Wan!
Receptionist: So someone is looking for anyone?
Caller: Yes!
Receptionist (getting really frustrated): So what message do you want me to give to Anyone?
Caller: Please ask Annie Wan to call her brother Sam Wan as soon as possible please! Our Father Avery Wan is in the hospital right now!
Reception (banging her head on the table): So Someone is looking for Anyone because Everyone is in the hospital!!!!
Caller: Yes, I am looking for Annie Wan.
Receptionist: I am sorry. You're looking for Anyone?
Caller: Yes, I am looking for Annie Wan.
Receptionist (annoyed): Who is this?
Caller: This is Sam Wan!
Receptionist: So someone is looking for anyone?
Caller: Yes!
Receptionist (getting really frustrated): So what message do you want me to give to Anyone?
Caller: Please ask Annie Wan to call her brother Sam Wan as soon as possible please! Our Father Avery Wan is in the hospital right now!
Reception (banging her head on the table): So Someone is looking for Anyone because Everyone is in the hospital!!!!
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Re: Language barrier
Asian on the phone for an Interview with the Immigration Officer (INS):
INS: Do you speak English?
Man: Yes
INS: Name?
Man: Willy Ben Chen
INS: Sex?
Man: 3 to 4 times a week!
INS: No! I mean male or female!
Man: Male or female and sometimes animals too!
INS: Holy Cow!!!!
Man (embarrassed): Cow, sheep, and monkey too!
INS (whispering): But isn't that hostile?
Man: Horse style, doggy style and any style!
INS (disbelief what he heard): Oh dear!!!!
Man (whispering): No, not deer they run too fast!
INS: Do you speak English?
Man: Yes
INS: Name?
Man: Willy Ben Chen
INS: Sex?
Man: 3 to 4 times a week!
INS: No! I mean male or female!
Man: Male or female and sometimes animals too!
INS: Holy Cow!!!!
Man (embarrassed): Cow, sheep, and monkey too!
INS (whispering): But isn't that hostile?
Man: Horse style, doggy style and any style!
INS (disbelief what he heard): Oh dear!!!!
Man (whispering): No, not deer they run too fast!
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Re: Language barrier
ICU Doctor telling foreign residence doctor: Please inform Mrs. Smith that her husbnad is released from ICU and moved to the regular room upstairs!
Foreign residence: Mrs. Smith I have some news to tell you. Your husband is no longer with us!
Mrs. Smith: What??? He's gone already?
Foreign residence (scratching his head): Ummm, I am sorry he's not here anymore!
Mrs. Smith (crying hysterically): I don't understand what happened. I thought he was doing better.
Foreign residence (panicking now): Sorry, what I meant is that your husband is now in a better place. He has moved up higher now!
Mrs. Smith: Fainted on the floor!
ICU dôctor asking Foreign residence: Did you tell her the good news? Was she very happy?
Foreign residence: Ummmm, I am not sure?!!!!
Foreign residence: Mrs. Smith I have some news to tell you. Your husband is no longer with us!
Mrs. Smith: What??? He's gone already?
Foreign residence (scratching his head): Ummm, I am sorry he's not here anymore!
Mrs. Smith (crying hysterically): I don't understand what happened. I thought he was doing better.
Foreign residence (panicking now): Sorry, what I meant is that your husband is now in a better place. He has moved up higher now!
Mrs. Smith: Fainted on the floor!
ICU dôctor asking Foreign residence: Did you tell her the good news? Was she very happy?
Foreign residence: Ummmm, I am not sure?!!!!
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