Whilst dining out with my boyfriend's extended family one of his relatives asked what is the equivalent of saying cheers in Laos.
My boyfriend and I replied 'sukaphap keng heng' which translates to something like may you be hard and strong in health. His Lao aunty who had left Laos as a child in the 1970s laughed at us. She said that's what the Communist people say to which we replied, well, they're all Communist there. Apparently the Australian Lao would usually say something usual like wishing good health, long life etc.
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