<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/011704.html">Tourists: What the <i>Fuck</i>?!</a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 68403 -->Old lady with heavy accent, pointing to closed store: What's that?<br/>Young lady: I'm not sure.<br/>Old lady: Is that a pahwn shop?<br/>Young lady, startled: No, that looks like a pawn shop...<br/>Old lady: That's what I said -- a pahwn shop.<br/>Young lady, relieved: Ohhh, I thought you said 'porn shop'!<br/>Old lady: No, I said 'pahwn,' not 'pahwn.'<br/>Young lady: Oh, you say them exactly the same!<br/>Old lady: I do?<br/>Young lady: Yeah! Say 'aw.'<br/>Old lady: Ahw.<br/>Young lady: Now say 'or.'<br/>Old lady: Ahw.<br/>Young lady: No, it's <i>orrr</i>. With an R.<br/>Old lady: That's what I said -- 'ahw.'<br/><br/>--M20 bus, near 34th & 8th<br/><br/>Overheard by: trying not to laugh too hard<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Sep 15, 2007