he was reading some numbers to me in hokkien dialect, which i must admit i can no longer claim proficiency at. i haven't had much opportunity to exercise that part of my linguistic muscle for the longest time.
he: 9........7.......1........1.........1........8
me: sorry, is that triple '1's?
he: 9........7.......1........1.........1........8
me: so, it is triple '1's?
he: 97......11........18.
me: ya, ok (*&^%$^&&%$^^*%$$&^%#!!)
i could have persisted, 3 '1's ya? just to irate the hell out of him, because he chose not to answer my question directly, which irates the hell out of me. but i left it at that.
communication is such a difficult thing.
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