Vocabularly Thread

[ChiangMai noon]

So, she said something like I promise not to tease you in the future... yes.

Don't believe her.

[benbaaa]

Almost got it, CMN. She promised to tease me in the future, and that I could trust her completely on that.

[ChiangMai noon]

You can use Chuua tuu for trust too.

[Goddess of Whatever]

dat moi ru yang??

That's weird, it doesn't like what Thai people say.
(Btw, it's rude for me. )

[RandomChances]

anacote - the future
wai jai - trust

ni anacote- in the future
Kwam wang wai jai- confidence

[mad_dog]

Chuua jai - another one for trust
gwaan teen - like I'll stir/kick you with my feet... It's rude but good buddy banter

[Sir Burr]

My favourite Thai word is Par Kon Noo, meaning towel.
Literal meaning is cloth of mouse hair.
Cracks me up.

[Begbie]

My favourite Thai word is Par Kon Noo, meaning towel.
Literal meaning is cloth of mouse hair.
Cracks me up.

Wouldn't that be mouse pubic hair (kon) ?

[ChiangMai noon]

no..
pubic hair
= moi..

[Goddess of Whatever]

You have learnt only NICE words, eh?

[mad_dog]

kon dtuaa = body hair

gradaatt buree = Cigarette papers

[Sir Burr]

no..
pubic hair
= moi..

If you use the word kon with humans, yes, I think it means pubes (and/or body hair).
I think all animal hair is called kon.

GoW, can you please confirm?

[Gazza]

gwaan teen - like I'll stir/kick you with my feet... It's rude but good buddy banter

Thanks for bringing that one up. I haven't that one for years. I used to hear it muttered by Thai guys when walking somewhere with a bargirl. I thought it meant something like 'foot servant' as in a guy who walks alongside of an elephant as opposed to a mahout who rides on top.

The bargirls would never tell me what it meant so I assumed it was something really rude.

[Goddess of Whatever]

I always use the word, Gwaan teen, with my friends and we all have a laugh.

Well, it's not always rude, it depends on the situation you use it.

[RandomChances]

If you use the word kon with humans, yes, I think it means pubes (and/or body hair). I think all animal hair is called kon.

kon...boby hair in general and for animals (not specifcaly genital)
moi...minge, pubes
pom ..head hair human

[Gazza]

I always use the word, Gwaan teen, with my friends and we all have a laugh.

What's the exact meaning then? I don't want to ask the wife in case she asks where I heard it.

[mad_dog]

If you use the word kon with humans, yes, I think it means pubes (and/or body hair). I think all animal hair is called kon.

kon...boby hair in general and for animals (not specifcaly genital)
moi...minge, pubes
pom ..head hair human

Yep that is what me reckons

banok - informal for countryside

dek banok - country child- sort of like country bumpkin

These ones are great for winding up friends ... Ask them the province their parents came from and then exclaim Banok!! .... It is good natured ribbing

[RandomChances]

^it's 2 words MD -Ban Nork, but said together does sound as you wrote it.

Hedpon- reason (could be two words not sure)

[friscofrankie]

Chao Baan - villager, slang for dumb fuck
Hen duay - agree
kii Klong - Cheater, trickster

Most (all?) Thai words/phrases can be broken down into mono-syllabic pieces
Hedpon - Reason
Hed - Cause
Pon - Result

[Gazza]

I remember getting on an aircon bus to go to the Victory Monument and
I thought I would be a smart-ass and give my destination in Thai.
So I thought, well, it's a big roundabout and roundabout in Thai is 'WongWien' and big is 'Yai'. So I told the conductor that I wanted to go to WongWien Yai. Big mistake.

She told me to get off at the next stop and to get another bus. I thought I'd perhaps gotten onto the wrong bus, but as I was left standing scratching my head at the bus-stop watching the bus pull away I was certain that it was the same numbered bus that I took to go to Victory Monument only the day before.

It was only days later that I found out that there was a place over in Thonburi named WongWien Yai.


WongWien = Roundabout
Yai = Big
Wongwien Yai = Area in Thonburi with a big roundabout
Anusoa-aree Wichai = Victory Monument

[mad_dog]

kon key lerm - forgetful person

key lerm - forgetful

[Goddess of Whatever]

^it's 2 words MD -Ban Nork, but said together does sound as you wrote it.

Hedpon- reason (could be two words not sure)

MD is right, it's one word.

Ban = house
Nok = outside

Ban-nok = country side
Dek ban-nok = people (not only children) who came from country side but live in the city at the moment.

[Goddess of Whatever]

WongWien = Roundabout Yai = Big Wongwien Yai = Area in Thonburi with a big roundabout Anusoa-aree Wichai = Victory Monument

Hahahahahahaha.. You are so cute, Gazza!

Anusawari Chai (Sa-mo-ra-pum <- people don't say this part because it's too long) = Victory Monument.

[Goddess of Whatever]

kon dtuaa = body hair

gradaatt buree = Cigarette papers

Honestly, since I was born, I have never heard people who are around me say "gradaatt buree".. never ever.

Where did you get that from, MD?


PS - Even if kon dtuall, I understand what you mean but I think I never hear anyone says that, maybe i'm wrong.

[aging one]

I think the best advice is, if ya cant say it in polite terms while around company in Thailand dont say it. Its just better. But it depends on the company you keep as well.