Tuesday, May 13, 2008

More studio fun

"What's this?"

"It's an orange."

"What colour is it?"

"It's green."


Hmmm. Well, I don't think I'll be buying that one then.

And then there was this.....

"I've got a big rubber for you, Miss Li!"

"Wow! That's a very big one! I really like it!"


Although my partner and I had been hired to add a touch of class to these materials with our elegant British accents, I am pretty sure that the writers had intended them to be in American English. And in American English, a rubber is...... Well, we couldn't think of any tactful way to explain it, so we left the studio staff in utter bafflement at our tearful, wheezing mirth.

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