It would be charitable to say that the results are sometimes mixed. Consider this hearty announcement in a Yugoslavian hotel: "The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chamber-maid. Turn to her straightaway." Or this warning to motorists in Tokyo: "When a passenger of the f00t heave in sight, t00tle the horn. Trumpet at him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage, then tootle him with vigor." Or these instructions gracing a packet of convenience f00d from Italy: "Besmear a back-ing pan, previously buttered with a g00d tomato sauce, and, after, dispose the cannelloni, lightly distanced between them in a only couch." Clearly the writer of that message was not about to let a little ignorance of English stand in the way of a g00d meal. In fact, it would appear that one of the beauties of the English language is that with even the most tenuous grasp you can speak volumes if you show enough enthusiasm—a willingness to t00tle with vigor, as it were. To be fair, English is full of b00by traps for the unwary foreigner.
