Lost in Translation

My dad speaks limited english.







I mean, a yes-no-*nod head*-*shake head* limited.
So there's this bunch of Myanmar workers just arrive our house today, along with the agent. As long as the agent is there, the communication between dad and them goes fine. Plus there's a few of them learned English, a bit. At least their's is more than a yes-no-*nod head*-*shake head* level.

Until the agent left.


I was standing at the front door watching the whole lost-in-translation-show going on at the porch. So basically, dad was trying to ask saying one of them :

" How long you've been working at Myanmar as a mechanic?"

So dad goes like,

*point at one of them* "YOU (Dad's very proud of the "YOU" he just spoke, mind you.)......mechanic?"

Then the guy nod his head and goes :

" yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes."

Dad started to find a second english word to apply on.
"How......"
(He started to think whether the "lama" he's trying to say is "long" in english.)
*simply say out something and use his hand to act like measuring something, means "long."*
"YOU work, myanmar?"

The guy looked puzzled.
Until Mum came to the rescue haha, walking out from the office taking their photostated passport.I was laughing there inwardly all the way, at the front door.

Then Mum's english level is wayyyyyy much better than a yes-no-*nod head*-*shake head* level. So as mum was trying to verify the owner of the passports , dad was really fooling around with his english,

Dad picked up one of the passport and tried to match the face. He look delighted.
" OH ! YOU ! THIS ! YOU !"
*keep on point at the passport then the fella then the passport then the fella*

The the whole gang goes,



"YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES"


Believe me this is the funniest I ever saw for this effing two weeks plus.


Then happily dad walked in, still looked delighted.
Then I was standing at the front door,complimented him about his english,he started to blurted out something,to me,using HIS english, and I swear I didn't heard a word.

Then he walked for a distance.
Then he paused.

*turn back*
*walked to me*

"I spent so much money for your college and tell me again, why you didn't help me just now?"

oh by the way, he just scolded me in fluent chinese. Haha.