I left Tbilisi, Georgia last evening and was faced with a language barrier situation.
After checking in and clearing immigration I wanted something to drink but had only Dirhams and Dollars and 2 Lari (their currency). I saw this bar and asked whether they accepted dollars. The waitress said: "yes we do but your change will be in Lari". I said "I want a beer" and she said "that costs 4.5 Lari". I said "what is the exchange rate of the dollar". She said "1.53 Lari per dollar". I said "that would make it 15.3 Laris for $10 Dollars". She said "yes". Then I said "since each beer costs 4.5 laries I'll have to drink a lot then".
I sat down and a couple of minutes later she came back and served me "a latte" I told her I had ordered a beer and she apoligized and brought me a beer to replace the "latte". I few seconds later I realized she took my expression "lot then" for a "latte"
I've got other Georgia stories for the "Georgia" report.
p.s. My wife would say: "that happens becuase you mumble"
p.s.2. I the same scenario happened in Georgia (the USA state) the same thing would probably happened!