The coconut seller

[AbdullahAhmad]

Hopefully the short article below could be corrected and edited for errors.
At the our Botanical Gardens recently I overheard a conversation between a Malay coconut seller and an American tourist.
The Malay boy wielding a razor sharp parang asked the lady if she wanted to taste coconut water by saying "You cut fruit and drink?''
"No." replied the lady shaking her head.."How can I possibly do it.I have no skills like you."she added.
"You cut cut! "replied the Malay boy insisting that she gave a try being new
to the country.
"No No No!" replied the tourist nodding her head again.
"No No No I cut you" said the boy emphatically wanting to help her cut the coconut.
She misunderstood and ran for her life.
Is cut the proper word used above

[Anglika]

"cut" is fine here.

Watch your spacing with punctuation - there should be a space following any punctuation mark.

You are also inconsistent in using punctuation. Read your piece and you will see that you need commas in a number of places. For instance

"You cut cut! "replied the Malay boy, insisting that she gave a try, being new
to the country.

[Miner49'er]

Don't change the word "cut" it would spoil the story!

BTW. I love your country

[MrPedantic]

Here are my thoughts:

At the [delete] our Botanical Gardens recently [insert comma] I overheard a conversation between a Malay coconut seller and an American tourist.

The Malay boy [insert comma] wielding a razor sharp [razor-sharp] parang [insert comma] asked the lady if she wanted to taste coconut water by saying "You cut fruit and drink?''

"No."[change full stop to comma] replied the lady [insert comma] shaking her head. "How can I possibly do it [do that]. I have no skills like you."[change full stop to comma] she added.

"You cut cut! "replied the Malay boy [insert comma] insisting that she gave [insert "it"] a try [insert comma] being new
to the country.

"No No No!" replied the tourist [insert comma] nodding [shaking her head] her head again.

"No No No I cut you" said the boy emphatically [insert comma] wanting to help her cut the coconut.

She misunderstood and ran for her life.

Others may disagree, though!

MrP

PS: Don't forget to take out all the double spaces, if this piece is to be published.

[curmudgeon]

The only other suggestion I have is that you delete 'she added'