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473px-yoshiro_mori_2This is a true story from the Japanese Embassy in US!!!

A few days ago, Prime Minister Mori was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Barack Obama…

The instructor told Mori Prime Minister, when you shake hand with President Obama, please say ‘how r u’.
Then Mr. Obama should say, ‘I am fine, and you?’ Now, you should say ‘me too’.    Afterwards we, translators, will do the work for you.’

It looks quite simple, but the truth is…

When Mori met Obama , he mistakenly said ‘who r u?’ (Instead of ‘How r u?’.)

Mr. Obama was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor:
‘Well, I’m Michelle’s husband, ha-ha…’

Then Mori replied ‘me too, ha-ha.. .’.

Then there was a long silence in the meeting room.

From : Maya Lim

Have fun today….xixixi =))



2 Responses to “English skills….beware !”

  1. Na Siok Kiem says:

    wow, I can’t imagine how Obama’s face will be if this conversation really happens…
    Ha..ha..ha.. :D

  2. anigalla.net says:

    Actually i got this in my mailbox from a friend.. this is very nice and funny, but i was trying to find the source of this article.. but in the internet there are already thousands of the pages showing the same content.. but where is the origin for this post? :(