I usually read menus with a mixed feeling of dread and excitement: I know there are going to be some terrible grammatical errors, which I hate; but I also know I have a pen in my pocket, and will fix those howlers when the waiter/waitress isn’t looking. There I go again undermining the very fabric of society.
A friend just sent me a link to the famous (in Italy at least) Italian Actor/Director reading a menu. He does it beautifully -- not least because the food he is reading is lovely. I don’t think tripe in English sounds nice, but that’s Saturday’s special!
Here’s the presentation for your televisual pleasure:
It’s such a shame more actors don’t get in on it -- I had a quick look around the interweb and didn’t find anything much. However, here are a couple or morsels. There’s this guy who does a reasonable job of hamming it up:
I’ve got no idea what the purpose of the “lesson” that is going on here. I thought, at first, that it was an English Language lesson for foreigners -- but I’m really not sure:
