“Pani, please,” I asked the guy behind the counter.
He stared at me. “K– kya?” (“W– what?”)
“Uh, pani?” Seeing his blank look, I gave up. “Water?”
“Ah, yes, water.” He gave me a bottle.
“Did I pronounce it wrong?” I asked him.
“No, not at all. I just didn’t expect that word coming from YOU.”
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Maybe you should just stick with the English at that rate.
Wow…you’d think he’d be pleased that you were trying to speak his language. I agree with the above comment that you should stick to english.
here’s one, at PVR’s Cafe:
Englishman(British): Water
Steward:Bottal (Bottle)
E:What ?
S:Bottal Bottal of water
E:Water
S:Bottaalled Water ?
E:Bottle ?
S:Bottal ?
E:What? I want water ….?(looks at me)
Me: 1 bottled water
E:Right..
S: ok(gives him a bottle of water)
E(to me): I said the same thing, didn’t I, Was I saying it wrong ?….
May be they just get nervous or something seeing foreigners