Extracted from an article by Nury Vittachi:
[In a fast food restaurant]
Legend :
Ffs - Fast food server (Asian speaking in bare-bones English)
C - Customer (Monolingual English American)
Ffs : Harlowelcumkaneye L.pyoo?
C : What?
Ffs : Harlowelcumkaneye L.pyoo?
C : Er, yes, I'd like one cheeseburger, please.
Ffs : Dull Swiss wit Baygon?
C : Excuse me?
Ffs : Dull Swiss wit Baygon?
C : Oh, no, I don't want a double-Swiss with baygon, I mean bacon. I just want a normal cheeseburger.
Ffs : Humbugger wit jees. Setter Al Eckart?
C : Pardon me?
Ffs : Setter Al Eckart?
C : Ah, got it. A la carte, please.
Ffs : One-for-rice wee tat?
C : Oh, yes, please, I want fries with that.
Ffs : Smormy dyumludj?
C : I'm sorry, would you mind....?
Ffs : Smormy dyumludj. U juan smor, me dyum, ludj?
C : Medium.
Ffs : Wad rink u juan?
C : Fresh orange juice, please.
Ffs : Fray soringe ad too duller. Chippa u buy set.
C : Okay, gimme a set.
Ffs : Wit set u juan?
C : Cheeseburger.
Ffs : Dull Swiss wit Baygon set?
C : Excuse me?
Ffs : You juan dull Swiss wit Baygon set?
C : No. I don't want - actually, maybe I do want Baygon. At least it would kill my appetite.
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