A Coffee Song: One of the Korean lady singers from
this fantastic and cute singing group called Gracias Choir.
KOPI, CAN?
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The first joke I heard about coffee and tea was during my teens, when a Chinese friend of Hainanese dialect related it.
An English couple who were tourists visited a coffee shop at *Victoria Street in Singapore. They sat and ordered two cups of black coffee when the waiter came to their table.
The waiter shouted, "Kopi Oh, no!"
English man, "Okay, no coffee. Let's order two cups of tea then!"
The waiter shouted again, "Teh Oh, no!"
Englishman tells his wife, "What? No coffee? No tea? And it's supposed to be a coffee shop. Let's get out of here!"
Minutes later two cups of black coffee and two cups of tea were seen on the table. The waiter couldn't find the couple.
In Chinese Hainanese dialect:
1] Kopi Oh - pronounced /ou/ = Coffee without milk or just black coffee with sugar.
2] No - pronounced /nor/ = Two, as in two cups.
So: Kopi Oh, no = To the British the phrase sounds like: Coffee, oh no!
The waiter was shouting the couple's orders to his worker in the kitchen.
Actually it's not a joke; it did happen? 😃
Any comment?
*History: Victoria Street was specified because there was a large Hainanese community in that area those years.
Korea's Gracias Choir Girls - The Best 👍
I used to listen to this song in the 1940's when I was still a child. It's been recorded in my mind forever!
Do watch the videos below, the cute version and the original one. Enjoy.
'Java Jive',
I Love Coffee, I Love Tea. [Gracias Choir]
The First Prize Winner of 2015
International Chamber Choir Competition
Marktoberdorf
The Ink Spots: Java Jive [1940]. YouTube Video: RReady555
Images:
Screen Shots of 'Gracias Choir', 'The Ink Spots' are from YouTube Videos.
Coffee Singapore Style.
and
Tea too Singapore music.
Tea Break - The Quests
YouTube Video from: Seang Guan Chan.
Thanking FL for the suggestion.
FL is a constant reader of this blog for many years.
