<p>I got your point as well, which I was trying to show works in Taiwan just as well as here. But I also was very amused by the whole thing. First my friend reports to me that the hostess (her friend) emailed her to her in dismay (and, I assumed, disapproval) that my daughter appeared not to know how to cook. Then a few weeks later, I hear from my daughter that when the same person heard that her own sister hosted a dinner, she said, "SHE COOKED??? (and basically asked my daughter in so many words, “Was it edible?”) It just seemed funny to me!</p>