The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151448   Message #3534620
Posted By: Newport Boy
07-Jul-13 - 05:43 AM
Thread Name: How old is old?
Subject: RE: How old is old?
Trekking in Nepal in 2000, a small Nepalese boy wanted to try his English.

Anne (ex-schoolteacher), slowly and distinctly: How old are you?
Boy, clearly: Nine years old. How old are you?
Anne: Sixty-two years old.
(pause)
Boy, looking up wide-eyed: Sooo old!

Phil