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(Amy is talking to Nora, a new student in her class.)
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Amy: Nora, how long have you lived in Kaohsiung?
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Nora: I've lived here for three years.
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Amy: Have you ever been to Meinong?
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Nora: No, I haven't. Why do you ask?
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Amy: Patty and I are planning to go there next week.
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Do you want to join us?
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Nora: Thanks for inviting me, but I have to ask my parents f irst.
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Amy: Sure.
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Nora: What are you going to do there?
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Amy: My cousin is getting married,
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so I want to buy him a pair of oil paper umbrellas.
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They make great wedding gifts because the words for "oil paper" sound like "having kids" in Hakka.
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Nora: Umbrellas? We don't usually give umbrellas as gifts.
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Amy: Why not?
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Nora: Because the word for "umbrella" sounds like "separate" in ourlanguage.
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Amy: I've never heard of this. What should I do?
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Nora: Well, just to play it safe, you can ask your cousin to pay you one dollar for the umbrellas.
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Amy: Why?
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Nora: This way, he buys the umbrellas from you, so they are not gifts.
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Amy: That's smart. I'll ask him for one dollar.
