Title : Shopping for stockings

Contributed by : Adeline Neo

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There's this young lady shopping for stockings at the neighbourhood clothings store. Serving her was a middle-aged man (say 40s-50s). This lady thinking that the man might not be conversant in English so she tried to speak to him in Hokkien. "Ah Chek, woo buay stockings (English) kaw 'knee' (English) ae boh?" which literally means "Do you have stockings that are up to the knee level?"

The man, feeling shocked but nevertheless maintained his composure, said: "Wu kaw yeo ae, boh buay kaw ni ae." (We sell those up to waist-level but not to the breast level). Needless to say, one can imagine the embarrassment the lady faced.


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