Originally Posted by
DutchessPDX
The second one was more recent but irritating because the person was really snotty about it. I was asking about tickets for something at the Leicester (Lie-CHESS-ter) Theater.
A couple of years ago I was stopped in Leicester Square by a group of tourists asking for the 'ticket booth in Lie-CESSTER Square'. Force of habit had me reply 'the Lester Square ticket booth is over there...see the white roof...'
But come on, the Dutch have some real crackers as well, am I right?