This little gem is from a book and its accompanying cassette Start Listening.
The book is designed to teach foreign learners how to understand spoken
English, while at the same time building up in them a healthy feeling of disrespect
for the Boro. I suppose the whole idea of the exercise is to show the way English
place names are pronounced although I am pretty sure that the punch line and
the hysterical laughter at the end of the dialogue at the Boro's expense would
baffle most Bulgarians, Greeks, Mongolians or whoever happens to be listening,
unless, that is, the Boro's fame has spread to every corner of the terrestrial
globe.
Now do the exercise in your workbook. After each bleep, draw two lines. Draw
the lines from the speaker to his favourite towns.
Oh yes, so funny!