Guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Old Thai dishwater Roger ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Asking for coke might just get you a delivery of drugs...stick with the Koh-la Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thalenoi Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 I am really confused now. Visiting LOS since 1990 they did not undertstand what a "coke" was. Took me some years to pronounce corectly the "koh-la". But for my past 3 visits (last sep, dec and may) no one seemed to understand "koh-la" anymore. They got this strange look and asked "coke"? So I started asking for a coke now. Question, what is it now, koh-la or coke??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 Hahahaha, I got that about 3 times today, Ko-la it has to be or you just get those blank looks! You'd think they'd have heard it enough times by now to figure it out but then TIT after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 Hi! I once decoded the Thai script on a Coca Cola can and I believe it sounded like Coke. Perhaps the board members that can read Thai could comment on this. If this is correct why do they call it Kolah. regards ALHOLK P.S. In Sweden it is often called "kola" although "coke" is alsou understod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabii Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 My wife's nephew was nicknamed Pepsi, so I guess some Thais know the difference. Regards, JEff quote: Originally posted by LeoTex: Roger & Ranger, PEPSI please LeoTex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 Do they have Virgin cola in Thailand? I am not sure if this would save any confusion though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Roger: I know how THEY say it,but they are wrong! (gg) So how many farang do you know who will pronounce Ayutha-YAAAH correctly ? Or Thai-LEEEN, as in (B)LêêêH. Ko-LAAAH. Xantippe So-DAAAAH .... It's co-LAAAH. As in Patta-(heavy sigh)YAAAH. I'm not even sure it's phylologically correct to assume "they" are pronouncing it incorrectly. Thin ice too. Met quite a few Thai colleagues during my time in Big Oil who initially didn't understand I was referring to their own home country (gg). You want to contribute to society. That's your raison d'être in LOS. And it's food for thought they still don't pronounce Cola right. From now on I will instruct everybody I know to no longer understand all feeble attempts by tourists to pronounce "Keizersgracht" when totally lost for directions. Let alone "Stadhoudersbrug". You're right ! The masses need to be educated ! And we have to be brutal about it ! To avoid nitpicking amongst Anglo-saxons on how exactly to pronounce most words in English and not just brand names I suggest to use a Jordy cap driver as a global reference. That'll teach the World learning English is *NO* picknick !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 Dang Still a newbie member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted September 8, 2001 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by clickonline: (gg) I'm not even sure it's phylologically correct to assume "they" are pronouncing it incorrectly. You want to contribute to society. That's your raison d'être in LOS. And it's food for thought they still don't pronounce Cola right. From now on I will instruct everybody I know to no longer understand all feeble attempts by tourists to pronounce "Keizersgracht" when totally lost for directions. Let alone "Stadhoudersbrug". You're right ! The masses need to be educated ! And we have to be brutal about it ! To avoid nitpicking amongst Anglo-saxons on how exactly to pronounce most words in English and not just brand names I suggest to use a Jordy cap driver as a global reference. That'll teach the World learning English is *NO* picknick !! I guess some of us take these messages to heart, my post was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek. I didn't really mean that I wanted English teachers to add this into their lessons....oh well, back to the beach.... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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