Please Be A Prank, Please Be A Prank…, Part 2
I work in a bookstore in the days before smartphones and translation apps. A customer comes in with his mother.
Customer: “I need some American to English dictionaries.”
Me: “Do you mean a book about the differences between American English and British English?”
Customer: “No, I don’t know what that means. I’m going to England soon and I need to be able to understand what they’re saying over there.”
Me: “Sir, they speak English over there.”
Customer: “Exactly! I can only speak American, so I need a dictionary.”
Me: “Sir, you’re actually speaking English right now.”
Customer: “What do you mean?”
Me: “You’re speaking English right now. They’ll be able to understand you fine in England.”
The customer’s eyes go wide, and he turns to his mother:
Customer: “Mom! Mom! I can speak English too! I can speak English and American! I can speak two languages!”
He walks out happy as a clam.
