Dexi Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 This is a song title,also have seen it in a mag. - no idea what it means...ideas anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi, 'Ebb' could be 'sneakily' 'Bpow' could be 'to burn / cremate' Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Aep pao??? Good a guess as any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi, I know, without hearing the words spoken it is hard to make an accurate translation. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panadolsandwich Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 See the following article in the Bangkok Post: Link Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont is now among the trendy folk who have become aware of the meaning of the â?Âinâ? word of the day â?? ab-baew. The term has been bandied about so often in the media lately that it aroused the prime ministerâ??s curiosity. Gen Surayud asked Karnchana Nacaskul, an expert on Thai language, to enlighten him about the newly-coined word at a government-sponsored seminar on the Thai language organised at Government House yesterday. Ms Kanchana is vice-president of the Royal Institute, which oversees the formal Thai language. The seminar was part of activities to mark National Thai Language Day which falls on July 29. The event was presided over by Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda, who gave a lecture on proper use of the Thai language, which has been made a national agenda item. The â?Âabâ? part of the word is believed to come from the English word â?Âabnormal,â? and â?Âbaewâ? from the Thai word bong baew, which means funny looking. So ab-baew refers to acting and looking cute, especially in a sexy kind of way. Linguistic experts at the Royal Institute recently announced plans to release the first-ever Thai language dictionary which will feature newly-coined words and phrases used among Thai teenagers, including this word. Yesterday happened to be the birthday of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who took advantage of the occasion to launch his latest website www.truethaksin.com. But when reporters pointed this out to him, Gen Surayud was dismissive. â?ÂThe Thai language is a national agenda item. Using Thai language properly is more important than anyoneâ??s birthday,â? he said. Gen Prem urged Thai language teachers to pay attention to His Majesty the Kingâ??s advice to avoid misuse of the Thai language. Gen Prem said the King had expressed his worry about the mispronunciation of Thai words. â?ÂI hope the Thai Language Teachers Association will pay attention to the Kingâ??s advice and find a way to solve the problem,â? Gen Prem said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 thanks for this! now this ab-baew is regarding pronounciation miles away from ebb bpow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 << Gen Prem urged Thai language teachers to pay attention to His Majesty the Kingâ??s advice to avoid misuse of the Thai language. >> When the look krueng singers and stars were all the rage, many of them spoke Thai rather poorly. I became sort of "cool" to deliberately mispronounce words the way the half-n-half stars did without meaning to, just to mock them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumsoda Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 By ...half & half "Stars"....do you mean someone like Bird????? LOL... Cheers DS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexi Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 If you want to listen to the song of the phrase in question check out the latest VCD by " Yai "...he also features very cute dancers ,worth buying just for this,I suppose you could say they are ...airb baaow ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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