Friday, September 3. 2004

Phone Has Two Voices

I called a client's office just now to confirm if they have received my fax.

A polished male voice answered, "Yes, may I help you?"

I asked if he could check to see if my fax got through and he said in a dignified voice, "Yes, hold on please."

Then he ventured to address his colleague to check the fax machine in a flurry of Hokkien words, "Khe che hi geh fax eh sai bo? Wah lau eh, de khua to lo ah? Ooo boh??" [i](Translation: Can you check the fax machine please? Aiyo, where are you looking? Got or not??")[/i]

Then after his colleague replied with an affirmative, his voice reverted to his professional mode, "Yes, we have received it."

The transformation was so instanteneous that I couldn't help grinning broadly as I thanked him.

Wah lau eh!

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*Ahhh... That's one of the advantages of being multilingual... XD
#1 Anonymous on 2004-09-06 12:02 (Reply)
*Hehehe... I was so happy that I understood Hokkien that day. Otherwise, I would have missed out on the most hilarious moment for the day! That would be such a sad waste :-D
#2 coolcat (Homepage) on 2004-09-07 06:47 (Reply)
*I have always love the phrase ' wah lau eh ' cos it's very original and funny :-)
#3 Anonymous on 2005-09-15 00:42 (Reply)
*If I'm not mistaken, I think it has Singaporean origins. Hee!
#4 coolcat (Homepage) on 2005-09-15 03:02 (Reply)

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