Malaysian sisters marry foreigners, communicate with hand gestures, spark online hilarity
Welcoming father-in-law says communicating with men from Britain, Egypt and Pakistan is like ‘chickens talking to ducks’
Three Malaysian sisters have caused online hilarity after they married men from different countries, forcing their family to break the language barriers by using gestures and facial expressions.
The women's father, Razali Yusof, 85, from Perak in northwestern Malaysia, says they married men from Britain, Egypt and Pakistan, according to local media outlet Harian Metro.
Razali said that neither he nor his wife speaks English, and none of his sons-in-law speak Malay.
This means the family has to rely on hand gestures and facial expressions to communicate.
Razali described their conversations as being like “chickens talking to ducks”, a local idiom for mutual incomprehension.
He said that after years of living together, they have built a strong mutual understanding and no longer need to use full sentences to communicate.
Briton Robin Kennedy, 53, was drawn to Azura, the eldest of Razali’s daughters, because of her gentle and cheerful nature.
