The grandmother`s request read: "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you."
Ben John, from Wigan, tweeted a photo of his nan`s very polite search on Google that so far has been retweeted nearly nine thousand times.
`I went to my nan`s to do my washing`
The 25-year-old had been visiting his nan when he went on her computer and saw what she had typed into Google.
"I live with my boyfriend and we don`t have a dryer at our house, so I usually go over to my nan`s to do our washing," he said.
"While I was waiting I thought I`d go on the internet and that`s why I opened her laptop."
Ben realised she had not switched it off, she had only closed the lid.
He glanced at the page she had open and nearly closed it before he noticed what she had put into Google.
Ben`s nan likes to watch TV and it seems she has an interest in knowing when programmes were made.
Television shows still use Roman numerals on their credits to show the year of the programme.
"She saw a TV show the other day but couldn`t work out from the credits when it was made, so she put the numerals into Google," said Ben.
"It made me chuckle so I thought I`d take a photo and put it on Twitter for my friends to see. I didn`t expect so many other people to see it!"
But hundreds of thousands of people have seen the tweet - and many have expressed how much they loved it.
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