Real Costly

One day an Englishman came to visit udurawana at his ancestral home, which contained several magnificent pieces of antique furniture.

The Englishman was very impressed with a piece and commented -

"Very nice. This must be costly".

Quickly udurawana corrected him, saying "No, No, mister. This is mahogany".

 

N.B. mahogany is a very valuable wood used to make expensive furniture. The English word 'costly' has similar pronunciation to Sinhala "Kos Lee", meaning a type of wood also used for making furniture, but not as expensive as mahogany.