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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 12:19:26 GMT 7
"Do Leh," she said.
"Tut tut," I replied.
"You know Do Leh?"
"Chai."
In the background, the old maid starts storming around the morning cafe. "Farang Roo ma. Mai dee," she growled. Again and gain. She wasn't happy until she had repeated said complaint to every Thai in the place, then she disappeared into the kitchen, clanging pots and pans in some form of aggression management.
Oh, well - I don't care.But maybe next time I wob't say "Tut, tut," and just let it play out.
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Post by professorfart on Jan 16, 2018 20:36:53 GMT 7
Using or demonstrating knowledge of 'Bar Girl Thai' in an every day situation is a bit of a Faux Pas. You'd never find a TV member doing such a thing so don't let the side down....
Also 'knowing too much' isn't a good thing in the Thai's eyes as they can't yak about you with the freedom, rudeness and gusto they regularly do to those who can't understand...
On a more serious note (I'm sure RGS will agree with this) it is cringeworthy hearing a Westerner using 'BGT' in front of 'respectable' Thais thinking he's being 'at one with the natives'....
A pal and I were sat at our local in a BKK Suburb a couple of years ago when a gent came in with his post Songkhran 'tour group/gaggle of freeloading hangers on' to give them a last free feed of the holiday before they got back to Pattaya.
On seeing two Westerners in a non-touristy part of Bangkok and not only clearly the 'only honkies in the village' but also seeming to be fitting right in with the local scene and coping nicely. He then began to start using abysmal, Thai (omitting the polite particles, tones etc...) in a shrill Dalek-like voice. It was so rotten that even his wife (?) began talking over him in a tunefully harsh squawking Thinglish to keep him quiet....
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Post by AyG on Jan 17, 2018 7:28:15 GMT 7
"Farang Roo Ma Mai Dee"
Guava-hole-dog-mule-lesbian? That doesn't make sense.
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Post by smokie36 on Jan 17, 2018 9:32:27 GMT 7
Better to feign complete ignorance of English.
Such phrases as "No smoke here" or "We close now" are met with complete indifference from me.
I was in Gourmet Market the other day trying to buy a single bulb of garlic but they only had bags of twenty of em.
The assistant said "NO!" so I just said "Aye" and kept pointing at the one I wanted while giving her my escaped nutter look (easy for me I know).
Worked a treat of course....I'm currently working on the Thai phrase for "Take me to your leader"....trouble is that can change at a moment's notice.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 10:03:20 GMT 7
Luu makk?
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Post by smokie36 on Jan 17, 2018 10:11:45 GMT 7
I expect better from you hipster. Jeez it seems only me and Uncle rubl are respectable mangoes! |
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Post by oldie on Jan 17, 2018 14:56:03 GMT 7
I just add "cup" to the end of every sentence.
"Thanks cup" "another beer please cup".....
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Post by me on Jan 17, 2018 15:07:51 GMT 7
I just add "cup" to the end of every sentence. "Thanks cup" "another beer please cup"..... And when I do not like what people are saying I just say....Crap.... |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 17, 2018 20:34:38 GMT 7
Using or demonstrating knowledge of 'Bar Girl Thai' in an every day situation is a bit of a Faux Pas. You'd never find a TV member doing such a thing so don't let the side down.... Also 'knowing too much' isn't a good thing in the Thai's eyes as they can't yak about you with the freedom, rudeness and gusto they regularly do to those who can't understand... On a more serious note (I'm sure RGS will agree with this) it is cringeworthy hearing a Westerner using 'BGT' in front of 'respectable' Thais thinking he's being 'at one with the natives'.... A pal and I were sat at our local in a BKK Suburb a couple of years ago when a gent came in with his post Songkhran 'tour group/gaggle of freeloading hangers on' to give them a last free feed of the holiday before they got back to Pattaya. On seeing two Westerners in a non-touristy part of Bangkok and not only clearly the 'only honkies in the village' but also seeming to be fitting right in with the local scene and coping nicely. He then began to start using abysmal, Thai (omitting the polite particles, tones etc...) in a shrill Dalek-like voice. It was so rotten that even his wife (?) began talking over him in a tunefully harsh squawking Thinglish to keep him quiet.... To be honest, its the womans body language I like watching. The dickhead farang has already been sussed out, based on his dress and the company he keeps, as soon as he sits down and opens his mouth all he does is confirm it. What I like watching is, his belle du jour from SC will avert her gaze when talking to the Thais, she knows, they know excactly what she is. You are correct about these dickheads latching on to you like some sort of heat seeking missile, why oh why do they always use a straw to drink from a large beer chang bottle? Unwritten Thai, you wont be taught this in school, when the head turns, nothing is said, the eyes go up and down in the space of about two seconds, the person on the receiving end gets the message. |
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Post by smokie36 on Jan 17, 2018 21:16:33 GMT 7
How you carry yourself is a marker the world over....opening your mouth does indeed confirm it.
I've nothing more to add.
Hehe.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 17, 2018 21:18:16 GMT 7
Unwritten Thai lesson #2, if you want to know your place on the totem pole and pecking order.
Next time you are invited to a wedding or whatever, where is your table placed, and what bottle is on the table for you?
Is it, Master Blend, 285 or Black?
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 17, 2018 21:21:03 GMT 7
Unwritten Thai lesson #3, if you want to know the status of your hosts, are you sat at a "chinese table", and I dont mean Chinese people.
โต๊ะจีน, all the thais in bkk know what it means.
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Post by smokie36 on Jan 17, 2018 21:26:47 GMT 7
Unwritten Thai lesson #3, if you want to know the status of your hosts, are you sat at a "chinese table", and I dont mean Chinese people. โต๊ะจีน, all the thais in bkk know what it means. Didn't spot you at the Lyman's this year dear chap....you must have been in the garden with your cubanas. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 17, 2018 21:41:01 GMT 7
Too be honest I dont think I have ever heard the phrase
รู้มาก used by the Thais where I live.
More likely to hear รู้หมด or รู้ทุกอย่าง, the acronym raw taw yaw is some times used.
Another acronym is saw taw raw, suak tuk ruang.
Not mentioned by OP, was the person who said it actually Thai, as opposed to some Burmese, Khmer or Laos maid?
ตอแหล is the phrase the op means.
His answer should have been (รู้) ครับ
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 17, 2018 21:45:03 GMT 7
Unwritten thai lesson #4, if you really want to p**s off these people just ask them
คนไทยหรือเปล่า
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