High_Tell_I_Die
25-06-2003, 12:52
> It seems that English is a very tricky language,
> here
> is a conversation between two men on the phone.
> >Thank goodness my name isn't Watt or Knott!! LOL
>
>
> >*Who's calling?"
> >-"Watt."
> >* "What is your name, please?"
> >-"Watt's my name."
> >* "That's what I asked you. What's your name?"
> >-"That's what I told you. Watt's my name."
> >A long pause, and then from Watt,
> >-"Is this James Brown?"
> >*"No, this is Knott."
> >-"Please tell me your name."
> >*"Will Knott."
> >-Why not?
> >*Huh? What do you mean why not?
> >-Yeah! Why won't you tell me your name?
> >*But I told you my name!
> >-Didn't you say you will not?
> >* Not not, Knott, Will Knott!
> >-That's what I mean.
> >* So you know my name.
> >-Of course not!
> >* Good. So now, what is yours?
> >-Watt. Yours?
> >*Your name!
> >-Watt's my name.
> >*How the hell do I know? I am asking you!
> >-Look I have been very patient and I have told
> you my
> name and you have not even told me yours yet.
> >*You have been patient, what about me? I have
> told
> you my name so many times and it is you who have
> not
> told me yours yet.
> >- Of course not!
> >*See, you even know my name!
> >- Of course not!
> >*Then why do you keep saying of course Knott?
> >-Because I don't.
> >[Pause]
> >*What is your name?
> >-See, you know my name!
> >*Of course not!
> >-Then why do you keep asking Watt is your name?
> >*To find out your name!
> >-But you already know it!
> >*What?
> >-See, and you know mine!
> >*Of course not!
> >-Exactly!
> >*Listen, listen, wait; if I asked you what your
> name
> is, what will be your answer?
> >-Watt's my name.
> >*No, no, give me only one word.
> >-Watt
> >*Your name!
> >-Right!
> >[pause before it hits him]
> >*Oh, Right!
> >-Yeah!
> >*So why didn't you say it before?
> >-I told you so many times!
> >*You never said right before
> >-Of course I did.
> >*Ok I won't argue any more. Do you know my name?
> >-I do not.
> >*Well, there you go, now we know each other's
> name.
> >-I do not!
> >*Good!
> >[pause before it hits him]
> >-Oh, Guud!
> >*Good.
> >-No wonder, it took me so long, is that Dutch?
> >*No, it's Knott!
> >-Oh, okay. At least the names are clear now Guud.
> >*Yes right.
> here
> is a conversation between two men on the phone.
> >Thank goodness my name isn't Watt or Knott!! LOL
>
>
> >*Who's calling?"
> >-"Watt."
> >* "What is your name, please?"
> >-"Watt's my name."
> >* "That's what I asked you. What's your name?"
> >-"That's what I told you. Watt's my name."
> >A long pause, and then from Watt,
> >-"Is this James Brown?"
> >*"No, this is Knott."
> >-"Please tell me your name."
> >*"Will Knott."
> >-Why not?
> >*Huh? What do you mean why not?
> >-Yeah! Why won't you tell me your name?
> >*But I told you my name!
> >-Didn't you say you will not?
> >* Not not, Knott, Will Knott!
> >-That's what I mean.
> >* So you know my name.
> >-Of course not!
> >* Good. So now, what is yours?
> >-Watt. Yours?
> >*Your name!
> >-Watt's my name.
> >*How the hell do I know? I am asking you!
> >-Look I have been very patient and I have told
> you my
> name and you have not even told me yours yet.
> >*You have been patient, what about me? I have
> told
> you my name so many times and it is you who have
> not
> told me yours yet.
> >- Of course not!
> >*See, you even know my name!
> >- Of course not!
> >*Then why do you keep saying of course Knott?
> >-Because I don't.
> >[Pause]
> >*What is your name?
> >-See, you know my name!
> >*Of course not!
> >-Then why do you keep asking Watt is your name?
> >*To find out your name!
> >-But you already know it!
> >*What?
> >-See, and you know mine!
> >*Of course not!
> >-Exactly!
> >*Listen, listen, wait; if I asked you what your
> name
> is, what will be your answer?
> >-Watt's my name.
> >*No, no, give me only one word.
> >-Watt
> >*Your name!
> >-Right!
> >[pause before it hits him]
> >*Oh, Right!
> >-Yeah!
> >*So why didn't you say it before?
> >-I told you so many times!
> >*You never said right before
> >-Of course I did.
> >*Ok I won't argue any more. Do you know my name?
> >-I do not.
> >*Well, there you go, now we know each other's
> name.
> >-I do not!
> >*Good!
> >[pause before it hits him]
> >-Oh, Guud!
> >*Good.
> >-No wonder, it took me so long, is that Dutch?
> >*No, it's Knott!
> >-Oh, okay. At least the names are clear now Guud.
> >*Yes right.