gobbledonk Posted September 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Stephen King is largely responsible for a lot of my negative feelings about a 'real' Winter : he paints a picture of Maine that is terrifying even *before* he reveals the nasties at the core of his books. Most of us have seen Jack Nicholson raging through the hallways of the Overlook Hotel in the Kubrick film, but I think the book did a better job of nailing the malice inherent in Winter itself : trapping that family in a haunted hotel for months on end. The idea of being marooned up there, impassable roads and metres of snow everywhere : its worse than the torture scene in a Tarantino film for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 I recall the librarian saying to one of the kids in the King book "It", "I really don't think people were meant to live this far north". I know I wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian1984 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 I know - we are stuck with our birth names, but I was under the impression that Thai girls chose their own nickname, hence the common 'Nit', 'Noy', 'Porn' etc. I know its their country/culture, but some of the nicknames they chose just dont translate well for introductions - I can live with 'Porn', but anything resembling 'Yu' or 'Me' is a no-no unless you plan on acting out Python skits for the rest of eternity. Perhaps its a way of standing out from the Nit-Noy-Nan pack Am I over-generalising here ? Is it only the gals from Isaan who are guilty of choosing poorly when it comes to nicknames, or have I got the cart before the horse ? Perhaps I should refer to myself as 'Big' or 'Pee-Pee' to see if it gets a reaction henceforth .... My favorite Thai nickname was a cutie I bf from Nana Plaza named "Pookie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 My mrs has photos of herself on a sled in snow in Germany. She looks like an Eskimo. Better than the Abdominal Snowman 555555555 I had a former colleague who was Eskimo. He looked Chinese. (Of course, Asian features are quite common in Eskimos and even some Hispanic groups for a reason, no?) HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 To address the question in the header, I not only wanted to change a certain gal's nickname, I did it...and began addressing her as such though never introducing her with her new nickname. Her nickname when I met her was "Pong". After knowing her for a while and realizing her proclivities, I began calling her "Pang". She only slightly denied it, but laughed. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian1984 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 To address the question in the header, I not only wanted to change a certain gal's nickname, I did it...and began addressing her as such though never introducing her with her new nickname. Her nickname when I met her was "Pong". After knowing her for a while and realizing her proclivities, I began calling her "Pang". She only slightly denied it, but laughed. HH My friend renamed his bargirl "Nova" because she couldn't speak any English, she'd just follow him around without talking, which he liked. He said he felt like Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Sometimes in later life, a Thai girl will, on the advice of the local fortune teller, change her nickname eg from Noi to Lek. Apparently this is done to bring them good fortune since the old name presumably had some bad luck associated with it. I knew a Thai girl like that a while back who changed her name. One day I forgot, inadvertently using her old name and she immediately corrected me and made it clear I was to use the new name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Better than the Abdominal Snowman 555555555 I had a former colleague who was Eskimo. He looked Chinese. (Of course, Asian features are quite common in Eskimos and even some Hispanic groups for a reason, no?) HH I think it's because the Americas were originally colonised by Asians, migrating across what's now the Aleutian Islands which were probably then a land bridge. Could happen again except now they're arriving by 747... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hi, Knew a girl called 'It' once. She was very shy and tended to have most of her face covered by her hair which prompted some of my friends to start calling her 'Cousin It'. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 My Fave was "Lamb Pie" so named because her Thai name was Lum Phai or similar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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