impossible for a white person to pronounce;
commonly pronounced as:
"foe"
or
"phoe"
3 bowls will cure the common
cold, flu and many other ailments.
Vegetarian pho is not pho.
It is how the Vietnamese kick'd
America's azz in the war. Pho
power.
CUT TO: INT. VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT - DAY/LUNCH
White
Guy
(to waiter)
I'd
like a large bowl of foe.
Asian Date
It's pronounced Pho`
White
Guy
Poe...Phoe....Phhhhha-aww?
Smirking at his own cleverness and ridicule of the Vietnamese language.
Asian Date
(with her lips puckered and jaw narrowed)
Pho`, nevermind, I still love you.
Waiter (O.S.)
Even though you massacre my language, culture and your
ancestors killed 2 million of my
people.
White
guy fumbling with chopsticks while his asian date uses a fork to make him feel more comfortable.
FADE OUT.