Language Misunderstanding

I’m a bit ashamed to admit that, in common with most foreigners living here, my progress at learning Thai has so far been pretty pitiful. I recently went to meet my girlfriend’s grandmother who, I was informed, was in the habit of asking people she met the same two questions: “where do you come from?” and “how old are you?”

Before meeting the lady I had rehearsed my answers untill I knew I had them off-pat. Unfortunately on the occasion we met she changed her second question to “how many children do you have?” She and everybody else fell about the place when I answered “48”.

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