LOL....Too true, people over here still have problems understanding me

Example - Whenever I go through the McD's drivethrough. I don't like watery-tasting soda/pop/soft drinks (did I get everyone??), and since the regular size will last me a good half hour and they always put in too much ice, I always order without ice. Or attempt to.

The following just don't seem to work for me:
"Coke no ice"
"Coke without ice"
"Coke, no ice"
"Coke, without ice"

The common result is that they think that I've said something completely different. Such as Sprite. (!?). So then I try:

" *Coke*....no ice"
" *Coca*- *Cola*...no ice"

etc., until eventually I'm doing the Englishman in France - shouting every word really slowly in the hope that the louder and slower I get, the greater the chance that they well understand me. It's gotten so frustrating that I get my wife to order if she's in the car

And what's with that "This Screen to Help Ensure Order Accuracy" thing? 90% of the time they don't use it, so I don't know whether they've understood what I've said... Arrgh.