Cross Cultural Communication

I just received a phone call. And it made me laugh. My friend Young works at the school during the day and attends university at night. He just finished class for the night.

Ringggg. Ringggg.

Hello?

“Yobsay-o.”

Oh, Yobsay-o.

“This is Young. What you doing?”

Just writing email. What are you doing?

“Class. Finish. I want to play with your house.”

What?!?!?

“No. Not your house. I want to play with you.”

What? What are you talking about?

“I want to watch movie.”

Ohhhh. Okay. Come on over. But you’ll need to bring a movie. I don’t have one here.

“Drink? No. No drink. Just movie.”

No. Bring. Not drink. Bring. Bring a movie.

“Okay. I come. Bye.”

It will be interesting to see what he arrives with…