trotsky2 Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 I came across a good word in the dictionary yesterday. I was flipping threw and came across the Thai word plauy. I thought wow I used to have students named Plauy. --sorry no Thai fonts only Chinese here I think the spelling was pau/pung? (actually maybe the next one with the circle at the top going the other way, I forget its name), lau ling, au/ang, and then yaw yak. The word translates into English as gem. However, the same plauy with a different tone (which one I forget the rule...bad student, the one with the vertical line..) translates to.."someone with a loose tongue!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeng bireley Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 phloy (m) / ¾Åàgem phuut (f) phloy (f) / ¾Ù´¾Åèàspeak indescretely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Cow Jai Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Phloi - generic word for gemstones Tuptim - word for ruby Nin - word for sapphire Pet - word for diamond (and also for the spiceyness of food) Loose or bad tongue phloi is with a falling tone I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotsky2 Posted April 30, 2002 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2002 Huh, this may explain the name of the Tub Tim guest house on Samet. I have stayed there many times and wondered what the hell kind of name is Tub Tim. Perhaps it is the Thai translated to English. Originally I thought it may be named after the owner who may be a little tubby and named Tim. However this turned out to be the wrong guess. The place is owned by a really friendly Thai Chinese woman not a fat falang named Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodthaigirl Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Quote from My Cow Jai >Pet - word for diamond (and also for the spiceyness of food) Sorry they are two diffe¾rent words! Pet = diamond pronounced with a high tone à ¾ªÃ Pet = hot+spicy pronounced with a lower tone. à ¼ç´ GTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescator Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 I`ve stayed at Ao Tub Tim too a couple of times and I was with a girl named - believe it or not - Tub Tim. This caused some confusion from time to time when I asked "where is Tum Tim" Childish, I know, but we had a lot of laughs anyway. The official slogan for Koh Samet goes like this: Koh Samet because 10.000 mosquitoes cannot be wrong. I sure never seen so many and big mosquitoes anywhere in Thailand before. At dusk and dawn (not that I would know) their numbers were incredible even on the beach. Hua Nguu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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