gawguy Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I've heard this expression forever but I'm trying to translate it more exactly. I usually hear it when a girl squeezes some part of my body and says "mahn khiaow" with a big smile. I've looked up the words but I still can't make sense of the expression and it's not in thai-language.com dictionary. Thanks.. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hi, No idea how to accurately translate it, but it is a bit like "Ooh, you're so cute (I could eat you)!" And yes, it usually involves bodily harm Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'd agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ah, so that's why the guys get to beat up on the girls in Thai soaps and have them fall in love. Fark me I've been doing it all wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I think that is due to a faulty translation of the expression "to hit on someone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hi, No idea how to accurately translate it, but it is a bit like "Ooh, you're so cute (I could eat you)!" And yes, it usually involves bodily harm Sanuk! Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to be something that only women do and say, so I assume its first purpose was to be said while hugging a kid who just did the cutest little thang. One of those cute, girly behaviors, and rare because lady boys don't do it. Like nursing. (Lady boys have very confused relations with children, methinks.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hi, "Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to be something that only women do and say" Yes, mostly women. Don't think I've ever heard a guy say this. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to be something that only women do and say, so I assume its first purpose was to be said while hugging a kid who just did the cutest little thang. One of those cute, girly behaviors, and rare because lady boys don't do it. Like nursing. (Lady boys have very confused relations with children, methinks.) gawguy I am getting worried about you my friend, do you have Ladyboys squeezing parts of your body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I've looked up the words but I still can't make sense of the exp<b></b>ression and it's not in thai-language.com dictionary. Thanks.. GG http://www.thai-language.com/id/222122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thanks for the input lads! I want to correct something I said before. It's true that it seems that only women say this (and let's forget about ladyboys entirely) but surprising to me and correct me if I'm wrong, it's not true that they say it when hugging a cute child. I was talking to a woman about this yesterday and she was very clear. It is only said between two people in a couple, and (of course?) men aren't silly enough to say it. So women say it when they grab their partner's cute little whatever. Hand? Nose? I don't know about your culture, but in the US, people, mostly women, delight in squeezing, hugging, pinching cute kids and saying things like, "Isn't he adorable!" I was, and I was on the receiving end all the time from an auntie, grannie, Mom's friends... Perhaps that's what started me down the misbegotten path that stuck me to LOS. Gaw Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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