Your round again?
by dixie
My path into town takes me past the Guinness brewery, so passing by during the day guarantees a few tourist spottings. Today, while on the bus at the stop closest to the brewery entrance, the driver directed a passenger towards the brewery entrance. In case there were more, shyer tourists on the bus, he turned around and called, “Guinness? Anyone else for Guinness?”
The passengers behind me giggled. “Sure, I’d love one,” one guy replied. “I’ll take a gin and tonic,” another called.
And so on.
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I’m reminded of the time I was on a Dublin Bus which had a French driver, who would loudly call out the names of each stop. When we came to D’olier street, he pronounced like you would a French name – “D’olly-ay” – which led to him being corrected by some natives. He then repeated the announcement, this time with the Dublin pronunciation, and the apology “You’ll have to forgive me for the earlier mistake, it’s my outrageous French accent, you see.”