Two taxi drivers on two different days:
Driver #1 drives past a church with a sign saying Presbyterian Church.
"How do you say that word... Presbiterian... you know, that word?"
"Pres-bit-ter-rian. You pronounce the 'y' as 'i'."
"Oh! Pres-bit-er-rian? That sounds a lot like 'vegetarian'! Hahaha!"
Driver #2, as I alight at Bible House, 7 Armenian Street, points to the signboard and says: "B-I-B-L-E... how you say it?"
"Bible."
He nods his head, and indicates the "Armenian Street". Making the sign of the cross, he queries: "Amen Street?"
"No, no, uncle... it's Armenian Street."
"Ah! Amen Street!"
"No lah uncle... Ah-Men-Nian... not Amen!"
"Amen Street! I see don't know how to pronounce!"
We break out into laughter.
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