Khun_Kong Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 torneyboy said:<snip> Her words "boxing come" :: Both GF and I laughing with tears in our eyes. She says your lady sounds like a good one! Sometimes, the short, succinct English is all that's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmine Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 [color:"red"] Her words "boxing come" [/color] Serves you right!!! Jasmine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninbkk Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 STH, While "I-" or "E-" is certainly very rude and NOT recommended, "ba ba bo bo" is completely different and can also mean confused and not knowing what to do. I was talking to a thai girl (NOT BG) this evening on the phone whose "sister" is throwing her out of her appartment and she said it made her ba ba bo bo. Not sure why she is being thrown out, she is paying her way and doing all the cleaning etc. She works in a straight massage place, definately NO special services, so struggling with money. Considering working in a hotel but money is poor there also, hence the ba ba bo bo. By the way, the Thai Chiang Mai version of this is "fee baa"; does anyone know the Isaan equivalent? Feebaa farang :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmine Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 [color:"red"] "fee baa"; [/color] I think you meant "pea Ba", the pea is means a ghost. The Northern dialect "pea Ba" is used to call someone who is not considered to having everything upstairs, the same as "sung tung" which can mean stupid. When I was little (growing up in the North) we used to call friends "pea Ba" with the same tone that we (in the USA) call friends "crazy". A writer (Mala Kamjan) from the North writes such words at all times in his novels, and articles, he called his closed friends such. Don't know Isaan word for it, I am sure is "Bak ....Something. Jasmine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encore Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 My ex GF used to say "Pea Ba Bo', (accent on the Ba) in situations where she indicated I was saying or doing something stupid. She was from Isssaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 jasmine said: [color:"red"] I (eye) ba....to a guy E...ba to a lady [/color] I agree with KS here, these sentences are VERY rude. Jasmine Yes it's rude and a typical bar beer slang! So, and from which part of Siam most bar ladies comes from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I really upset a girl once saying that to her, even though I was joking. She said I was Ba and I told her she was ba ba boar baor... and it pissed her off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Mentors said: jasmine said: [color:"red"] I (eye) ba....to a guy E...ba to a lady [/color] I agree with KS here, these sentences are VERY rude. Jasmine Yes it's rude and a typical bar beer slang! So, and from which part of Siam most bar ladies comes from? Actually, I think it to be typical teenage slang. My teenage daughters use E... with their friends all the time, in a joking kind of way of course (and when they think I am not in earshot). And they are all upper middle class city girls all the way, never having set foot in Issarn or the bar scene. It is the same theory IMHO as American "hip hop culture" blacks calling each other "nigga". But I certainly would not use that word under any circumstances. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 jasmine said: [color:"red"] I (eye) ba....to a guy E...ba to a lady [/color] I agree with KS here, these sentences are VERY rude. Jasmine i'ts typical bar and simple people slang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmine Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Hi, Simple people, you mean 90% of Thai population? Please define the word "simple" in an enough simple languge for me? I feel that learning a language ones must learn the polite way first then learn other context so to understand the nuances of it. I am relearning French after not having used it for 30 something years and I have empathy for anyone who learns a new language. :: Jasmine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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