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    Quote Originally Posted by astasinim View Post
    It would be very interesting to hear his first hand experiences.
    In London at school I had ''ching chong Chinaman'' regularly until the end of junior school. That's about it really.

    Thailand:

    Pros:
    -Several jobs on TV adverts
    -Called handsome a lot
    -Easy to pull females with just a smile
    -Pretending to be important when dressed nicely by acting like it, and getting away with it.

    Cons:
    -Knowing that many Thais assume my mum's a whore
    -When I used to teach kids, if I told them, they would also think the same, I could tell by the sniggers
    -Called handsome rather too much by Thais who are only saying it because of the 'sheep' effect
    -Maximum difficulty in obtaining a Thai ID card, as my mum died in 1985, but they still expect me to unearth all her documents. I didn't bother after all.
    -Some Thais telling me I am 'still a falang'
    -At several tourist attractions, despite telling them I was half Thai, they physically pointed at the falang price and told me ''falang 500 Baht''

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    Keanu Reeves is half chinky and he's done OK.

    Many wealthy Thais are as jealous as fuk to see Thais with a second passport just because their mum was a slapper and their dad a social misfit in his own country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Pat View Post
    -Called handsome a lot
    -Easy to pull females with just a smile
    I think we all experienced that in Thailand, nothing to do with you being half thai.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teddy
    Many wealthy Thais are as jealous as fuk to see Thais with a second passport just because their mum was a slapper and their dad a social misfit in his own country.
    They're also embarrassed that most slappers speak better English than their 'educated' elite do.

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    I never had a problem with my 10 year old, mostly looked up to by Thais as being privileged which might be a problem later. One worry I have is a story a mate told me how his 17 year old had Thai mothers encouraging their daughters to have sex with him and get pregnant so they are set up for life. Hard to tell a 17 year old boy not to shag something.
    Fahn Cahn's

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    most slappers speak better English than their 'educated' elite do.
    Yes, that's true

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    I've noticed that too. I always cringe when I hear taksin speak English, sounds like a market vendor. He's the prime minister of the country FFS.

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    his sister sounds the exact same way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bung View Post
    I've noticed that too. I always cringe when I hear taksin speak English, sounds like a market vendor. He's the prime minister of the country FFS.
    You're not up to date with the news are you Bung ?

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    555. Duly noted. EX Prime minister then.

    He probably will be again in 6 months anyway.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob63 View Post
    ^Carrabow, is this like a boarding school in the city ? What might such cost, please ?
    Sorry it took so long to reply on this, I just come across your question. I will get with the wife in the morning and ask. I know the house we rent for him is 5000 Bht a month.

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    Why should Taksin or Yingluck be able to speak English? Don't they have translators?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pol the Pot
    Why should Taksin or Yingluck be able to speak English?
    To show that they're educated.

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    They sound awful, no offence. But didn't Yingluck allegedly study in Kentucky?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Pat
    didn't Yingluck allegedly study in Kentucky?
    Yep, Chiang Mai and then a masters at Kentucky State University.

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    Quote Originally Posted by English Noodles View Post
    Kentucky State University.




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    That movie was filmed on the border of South Carolina and Georgia.
    Kentucky is where the horse races are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pol the Pot View Post
    Why should Taksin or Yingluck be able to speak English? Don't they have translators?
    The ability to speak the Queens is pretty much a prerequisite foe any high ranking politician who expects to be taken seriously, same same international businessman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Pat View Post
    They sound awful, no offense. But didn't Yingluck allegedly study in Kentucky?
    (deep southern accent)

    Yessum, Ima gonna run dis cuntry juss like my big bruther.

    On a serious note, I did not know that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pol the Pot
    Why should Taksin or Yingluck be able to speak English?
    Because it is the de rigeur lingua franca.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Stinky
    The ability to speak the Queens is pretty much a prerequisite foe any high ranking politician who expects to be taken seriously, same same international businessman.
    So what about Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of the second largest economy in the world, or Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of the 3rd largest economy in the world, neither of them can speak English.

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    Pretty soon we will all have to speak Mandarin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy
    Pretty soon we will all have to speak Mandarin.
    It will certainly be pretty much a prerequisite for any high ranking politician who expects to be taken seriously, same same international businessman. That's for sure.

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    ^ It would be a great advantage for my children to be able to speak the language but they all want to speak Korean (my son can already as well as Japanese).

    Most high-so Thai children these days want to look Korean as well.

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    There are lots of politicians who don't speak any English but are taken seriously.

    Not just in the region but in other parts of the world as well.

    The only reason they might be willing to speak English (badly or well) is to show their own populations that they speak it. Not to negotiate with other governments though. This would be handled by professional translators.

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