Zaad Posted December 25, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 I agree that they shouldn't laugh their asses off. I think it's no problem if they smile a bit and correct you immediately afterwards. And yes, let's not even talk about the Thais. sa-now, sa-tamp, stawbulee, computuhh. But my favourite is: electricity...many of my Thai friends read it as...'electric city' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted December 25, 2002 Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 Most of the times Thais don't laugh at all when you make a mistake is my observation, most of the times they actually don't react at all. If you make a mistake they just look at you as if you're from outer space, there's no effort to help you out at all. As if they expect you to speak it in a perfect way or no way. se-pagetti, sa-tuart, sa-peedboat, tesco- loTAS, sa-moke Limbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted December 25, 2002 Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 "It's actually shrimp and other stuff presented in a coconut." No it is wrapped in banana leaves. The coconut is a trendy new variation. Also I think it was originally grilled not steamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmine Posted December 25, 2002 Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 Hi, [color:"red"] Thai words for come,dog, horse are all the same in my ears. [/color] Very true, that is why ones need to add more to make a better context. My daughter whom when she was little, I taught her Thai (she just forgets most of it now). When she was little about 9 yrs. old, I left her with my Thai family for 2 nights. She was very naughty, got into things, so my mother said "yah" (lower second tone) which meant "Don't or Don't do that ". My daughter ignored here completely. I asked later why she din't listen to her "Yai" (grandmother), it turned out that she thought my mother, her yai, was calling for medicine!!! "Yah", that she heard was the one with no tone and it meant medicine. It actually was my fault for I never used that word in that context, I use "Mai Tam" or Mai ou na", for "Don't do it". Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted December 25, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 BTW it's not dialect. I'm sorry, I have to correct myself here. It certainly IS dialect. My friends in BKK have no idea what 'Maaawk' is. I don't know exactly where it comes from, my TG got it from her grandmother. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted December 25, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2002 tesco- loTAS ::So true. sa-top, hambuhguh, appen, chully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 reminds me of the very popular excuse for not coming to work in thailand or to be absent from anything: pai phaow ya; go cremate the grandmother or go burn grass. there are no differences in tones and only the different writing indicates what is meant.... regarding ma (come, dog, horse): i think one should reallly hear the differences, in particular for dog (rising tone); high (horse) and middle tone (come) is sometimes difficult to differentiate without context Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 i have never heard this word in such a context, even not in various dialects. mawk (long, low tone, with a open o) ËÃá means fog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 The classic Thai mistake is when they say Fork. It allways comes out as Fuck. I used to struggle to keep a straight face when I was teaching, specially when it was a bunch of office girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted December 26, 2002 Report Share Posted December 26, 2002 sa-nuk ;) :: :: :: hehehe Limbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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