samak Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Says ranma500: Presumably not to be confused with 'Bpep diaow' - 'just a moment'? yes that's written different with a por pla and not a bor baimay á»çºà ´ÕÂÇ Says ranma500: I have heard people use 'Bpep' as a way of delaying thought in a sentence, very much like 'er... never heard this; could you elaborate on that? Says ranma500: I would be interested to know if in bpairp nee, the 'bpairp' is spelled the same as 'bpairp' for style. I had assumed they were the same word - fashion/style/manner. yes, spelled the same; see above Says ranma500: You could translate 'bpairp nee' as the slightly old-fashioned 'in this fashion', could you not? yes, if the context is accordingly if you say yar phood baaeb nee: do not talk in this fashion if you choose, pointing at something and say aow baaeb nee, "in this fashion" does not make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 Says samak: Says ranma500: I have heard people use 'Bpep' as a way of delaying thought in a sentence, very much like 'er... never heard this; could you elaborate on that? I picked this habit up from younger uban professionals in Bkk, ususally Ẻ or ẺÇÒ in the way ranma suggested kind of like '...well like ..' or '...like you know...' . An older professor at work pointed it out to me and said that was where I got the habit from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 ok; now i know what he meant. i have heard this as well some people use this word in average 2 times in 3 sentences... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink15 Posted April 20, 2003 Report Share Posted April 20, 2003 This is very interesting as I had no idea that bpaep had so many uses. I knew about "bpaep thai" as I use that a lot to let waitresses know I want it cooked Thai style. I've also heard "tum bpaep nai?" which I know assume means something like how do you want it done or how should it be done. Could this be right? The last time I heard it was in the context of redecorating a restaurant when one person painting asked the person supervising "tum bpaep nai?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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