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    Quote Originally Posted by bandito View Post
    Help me out here, having only been here 11 months so I tend to make regular stuff ups in the language and no doubt not that culturally aware.

    But, is it common for Thais to repeat every thing you say and laugh. Have had this occur a few times with the street food vendors.

    I am just not sure whether to take it with good humor and Smile or tell them to fuck off as I would in ferang land, as I think this is completely rude.

    Granted I may be speaking Thai poorly, but would you laugh at a strangers attempt to speak English?
    if you learned to speak thai in isaan, as i did, you will often have people do this, since they don't expect a farang tio be speaking lao! (i got laughed at in a bank in bangkok for speaking "k'men"!)
    whatever happens, don't let this put you off. concentrate on getting your vocabulary up and learn the rest by conversing with the retards as much as possible: you will soon get the hang of it, and once you do, you will find there is a point where you will "click" and from that point on it becomes fairly easy.
    good luck!i

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by bandito
    But, is it common for Thais to repeat every thing you say and laugh.
    I would think it's common for any retard to do that.
    My ex used to do that every time I would speak Spanish... Part of the reason fired her...

    DD, if you are worried about ass-bandits sneaking up on you, then it might be a good idea to stay away from the Jenny Star bar...
    Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    Oi farang kee nok
    I have ascended the social ladder and am referred to as farang kee mar now - I aspire to the dizzying heights of farang kee kwai

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Donnell View Post
    I went to the barber shop yesterday. I don't know the Thai word for "STOP". The barber cut off half my beard while I was trying to think of the word. I was too late. I am now beardless.

    Well, the good thing about hair...it grows.

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    My mate Dean had a "haircut" in Chiang Rai a couple of years ago. He asked the girl NOT to touch his sidelevers, so she whipped one of them off. He complained about her doing so and she asked whether he wanted to keep the other one or should she take that one as well.
    Was very funny when he came back to the bar to tell the story.

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    yoot - stop

    ngoht - to stop; to cancel; to rescind; to halt; to interrupt; to cease

    yohk leerk - cancel; abandon

    waang wen - to cease; abstain; refrain; stop; quit

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    Never had a problem getting simple messages across using a very basic Thai vocabulary combined with body language/hand signs etc..

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    I will certainly feel a lot more familiar and probably even more secure when I learn a few more words and phrases.... though its not bloody easy ....at the moment I am very basic though my Thai family do try to help me a lot...I cant even quite pick up if the language is logical which of course English is certainly not
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    The more you learn the more you will feel alienated IMO.

    Speak English to them and if they don't understand SPEAK LOUDER.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bandito View Post
    Help me out here, having only been here 11 months so I tend to make regular stuff ups in the language and no doubt not that culturally aware.

    But, is it common for Thais to repeat every thing you say and laugh. Have had this occur a few times with the street food vendors.

    I am just not sure whether to take it with good humor and Smile or tell them to fuck off as I would in ferang land, as I think this is completely rude.

    Granted I may be speaking Thai poorly, but would you laugh at a strangers attempt to speak English?
    Yes, if I was a rude nationalist that needs to belittle foreigners in every way in order to not feel inferior.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hillbilly
    Or you could have just said 'paw' which means enough.
    might have been confused with por which as you all know means teacher ,,, the only reason I know is I married a por

    By the way Bill I have to put my hand up and admit a similar experience as my sideburns very quickly dissapeared with the cut throat razor ,, infact the razor travelled up about an inch above me ears , mind you it was nice to pay 40bt instead of 400bt back home also to have nasal,ear,eyebrow trim all thrown in without the usual sighing I get in the UK barber when requested

    Just as well I am a fat old git otherwise looking like that I might have been conscripted ( allthough some would say that wouldnt be a bad idea ! )
    I'm proud of my 38" waist , also proud I have never done drugs

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    por also means father

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    they say its only two weeks between a good and a bad hair cut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nigelandjan
    might have been confused with por which as you all know means teacher
    I thought Kruu means teacher ?

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    or Tigeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

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    ngoh, would have been good enough

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    before you went you should have asked him for thung yaang anaamai

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    Quote Originally Posted by FarangRed
    thung yaang anaamai
    You missed lek off the end.

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    how you know?

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    Quote Originally Posted by superman
    I thought Kruu means teacher ?
    yes Superman u are corect Kroo means teacher ,,,,,,,,,,but apparently por as in we hear " bor " is used in the missus village for teacher ,,,,,,,,,, its all so bloody confusing ,,Thai seems to have many " assuptions " acording to how the wind blows

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    Harry Potter

    I laugh every time I hear a Thai say "Harry Potter", reminds me of Robin Williams pulling the pis out of the way the French speak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nigelandjan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by superman
    I thought Kruu means teacher ?
    yes Superman u are corect Kroo means teacher ,,,,,,,,,,but apparently por as in we hear " bor " is used in the missus village for teacher ,,,,,,,,,, its all so bloody confusing ,,Thai seems to have many " assuptions " acording to how the wind blows
    Always the problem with Thai! Someone tells you one thing and another something else. Sometimes I wonder if they even speak the same language as each other.
    My friends girlfriend can order a table full of food with 8 words but finding out they have no more Leo towers consists of the conversation going back and forth 3 times and about 100 words!
    I thought mai mee Leo would of been enough. Maybe they didn't learn this sentance.

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    I'd ask once and then say "what kind of fcuking pub are you?"

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    ^Perhaps your girlfriends friend is more polite than you or perhaps she is saying "what kind of fcuking pub are you?"

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