JAKARTA - The habit of using English in pieces mixed with Indonesian in association is identical with the youth of South Jakarta (Jaksel). Generally those who do it are students or college graduates.
In the city of Bogor, an almost similar habit is carried out by an elderly (elderly) selling grass jelly ice. However, he is not an ordinary grandfather, because he is proficient in interacting without fragments using English.
The habit of this grass jelly seller's grandfather attracted the attention of many people. Especially after a video showing him chatting with a car passenger was uploaded on social media. One of them is the Twitter account @txtdaribogor.
In the upload, the grandfather of the grass jelly seller seemed to pay close attention to the details when the car passengers in high school uniforms spoke in English.
Instead of responding in Indonesian, the grandfather replied to the chat in English.
It was seen that the two of them enthusiastically exchanged conversations from discussing the state of the school, the future plans of the high school student, and how important English is as a bridge of communication between nations.
The topic of the conversation even reached the figure of a reliable saxophone player named Kenny G.
"What's your favorite major? What's your hobby? (What's your favorite subject? What's your hobby?)," asked the old grass jelly seller.
"Basically, I really like music, especially the saxophone," he said.
"Wow! Kenny G huh?" said the grandfather.
The video, which shows the action of the old grass jelly seller, chatting with high school students, has received a lot of responses from netizens. Many of them were amazed by the simple but adept figure in using English in daily communication who sells on Jalan Pajajaran, Bogor City.
Until this news was revealed, the video uploaded by the grandfather of the ice jelly seller, who is good at foreign languages, has been commented on by 843 netizens, retweeted 9,841 times, and given the love button 35.8 thousand times.
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