Mike Goodtime Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I was wondering; what is the funniest, most insulting, etc. thing a person has said in your presence while being unaware of the fact that you understand everything he or she is saying in Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 "Kee Nok" by a Lao tuktuk driver. "Nak Leng" by an assistant in a Don Maung duty free jewelry shop. (After I complained about the prices). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickman Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 "It stinks" - the it being me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Was sitting in a songthaew (baht bus) in Pattaya with 6 Thais (that I didn't know) and I was the only farang. One of the Thais sneezed and an older lady said "farang mai ahp naam". (Farang didn't have a shower). All the other ladies in the songthaew laughed their heads off. As they were laughing I looked at the lady and said: "Khaw thort na khup, Pee.... farang ahp naam laew na khup!" (Excuse me madam, but I have actually had a shower already!) The laughter ceased immediately, relaced with wide eyes and a series of wai's from the lady who said the original line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I was wondering; what is the funniest, most insulting, etc. thing a person has said in your presence while being unaware of the fact that you understand everything he or she is saying in Thai. It was in a biz negoitation years ago. I came in representing a large multi-national manufacturing company and the Thais were a small (now, very large) potential supplier. They assumed I did not speak Thai and assigned me a translator as some of the staff did not speak much English. I just let them keep that assumption as I learned this negotiating technique in Japan. Well, the arrogant Thais were discussing price openly, in Thai. I just smiled inside, and got them down to about 2.5% higher than what they said was their lowest limit with no trouble at all. I did not go to the lowest price as a tactic for future business (and because I was already 15% lower than we thought we would have to pay). Afterward, I invited the senior staff out to dinner (still in English) to celebrate our new relationship. We went to a Thai restaurant. One of the guys offered to order because I "may not know what is on the menu." I politely declined and proceeded to call over the waitress and order the meal...in pasaa Thai. The owner of the company knew he'd been had, and started laughing his arse off. He was a good sport about the whole thing it and began asking me (in Thai) how well I spoke the language, amongst other things. I told him "well enough to know that your lowest price for the products we wanted was xxx!" We remain very good friends to this day. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibblies Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 It's not always bad stuff. In my younger days, I remember hearing "Naa fan jang luhy"... (that guy's really fuckable) (sadly I haven't heard that one for a long time now ) I find that these days there are so many more guys around who can speak Thai that people almost assume you can do it and are therefore much more guarded in what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I was coming back from a Lao rock concert outside of Vientiane once with my g/f and 3 or 4 of her hot looking girl friends. We flagged a minibus taxi and the driver leaned back and said, rather impolitely, the Lao equivalent of "what are you girls hanging round with a Falang for?" One of them said "Falang big cock" which nearly made him run into the car in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I have been working of late as a taxi driver in the Manchester area and picked up two Thai birds from the casino one night. They told me where they wanted to go and then one went on to explain to the other about a Pakistani fellow she'd been sleeping with and how he had a very large penis. There was an embarrassed silence when I explained that I understood Thai. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 < (Excuse me madam, but I have actually had a shower already!)>> You should have asked her to shower you! Friends in Japan negotiations once had the Japanese translator translate back to them what the Aussies where talking between themselves - once the Aussies worked out the translator was translating EVERYTHING including private deal discussions overheard they switched to Pig English - only to have the Japanese complain "We can't understand what your saying to each other anymore" 5 5 5 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Jack Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 I have been working of late as a taxi driver in the Manchester area and picked up two Thai birds from the casino one night. They told me where they wanted to go and then one went on to explain to the other about a Pakistani fellow she'd been sleeping with and how he had a very large penis. There was an embarrassed silence when I explained that I understood Thai. Cheers Did you shag them? jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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