bradiston

6 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Ask your teacher next time you see them. 

Khun Thai, Khun Jeen, Khun Carl, Khun Falang...it doesn't matter.

So, can I correctly say Khun Thai nung khon? Yes. So why can't I say Khun Jeen nung khon?

If you want to meet me on the Thai language forum I'll gladly discuss this in the Thai language. ????

 

You cannot say Khun Thai neung Khon. It's as simple as that. Khon Thai neung Khon is correct.

16 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Youtube is not banned in Russia.

Here's why, apparently

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3520997-why-russia-blocked-western-social-media-but-not-youtube/

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Youtube is not banned in Russia.

My previous post amended.

49 minutes ago, bradiston said:

You mean RT as a Russian TV channel has gone, or as a YouTube channel? Where did, or does, the real RT reside? Is it even available in Russia? Does anybody in Russia give a flying duck about RT? I know I don't.

Just to wrap this up... If I really was in Russia, I wouldn't even have been able to write that last comment, and you preach to us about freedom of speech.

Actually Google was fined $350 million and forced to move all its staff abroad as a result of Russian censorship.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-youtube-keeps-broadcasting-inside-russias-digital-iron-curtain-11659951003

20 minutes ago, Spock said:

Neung khon rather than nung. Kon Jeen is Chinese people and that is how they would be referred to as a group. Anyway I think you missed the point of my post. Over.

Yes, neung Khon is one person. And yes, Khon Jeen is Chinese people. But one Chinese person would be Khon Jeen neung Khon. That's how classifiers work. Sunak song Tua is two dogs. Khun Jeen only makes sense if addressing somebody named Jeen.

1 hour ago, edogthong said:

You don't know what you're talking about. The channel is gone. All the great, real journalists who worked there lost their jobs. The fact that you managed to find a Google link to a website that is left as an empty shell of what once was, proves nothing.

You mean RT as a Russian TV channel has gone, or as a YouTube channel? Where did, or does, the real RT reside? Is it even available in Russia? Does anybody in Russia give a flying duck about RT? I know I don't.

1 minute ago, Onerak said:

They can convert ruble to Indian rupees/Chinese yuan and then back to dollars if needed. Chinese/Indian payments system is still working using ruble. Most payments have changed from swift to Chinese/Indian payment systems.  China/India/Brazil/Russia are setting up an alternate payment system to Swift. Recently Saudi Arabia shown interest in that alos.

I wonder where Lula will stand on BRICS membership?

42 minutes ago, DrPhibes said:

We just returned where 4 of us flew non-stop from Chiang Mai to Surat Thani, then take the coordinated bus/ferry to Samui.  Cost about 9,400 baht total for 4 people one way.  My son was able to get out of KMUTT university in Bangkok for a week to join us and it was over 8,000 baht on Bangkok Airways round trip.  Basically 18,800/4 = 4,700 baht per person round trip from CM to Samui vs 8,000 baht rt from BKK!  Monopolies are nice for those who own them ????

BKK to Trad also a Bangkok Airways monopoly. They own Trad airport.

1 hour ago, Why Me said:

And he's hugely popular in Russia itself. As is the war to save their brethren in Eastern Ukraine. Which doesn't fit the western narrative at all. 

Sources please.

17 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Most things in Thai have classifiers. Kon is the classifier for people. 

Khun (polite) Jeen. Yes you could say Khun Jeen lay lay Khon. I don't think correct to say 'Person Jeen, many persons', but Khun Jeen 150 Khon is correct.

Anyway, no one much cares, but I call a Chinese person Khun Jeen and a Thai person Khun (name).

I call myself a Farang. ????

No, you're wrong. If I said many mangoes, to be grammatically correct I would say look mamuang lay look. When answering the question how many kids do you have, mee look kee khon, I say I have one daughter, mee looksao nung khon. Khon is the classifier for most, but not all, humans. NB But not for priests. Khun Jeen 150 Khon makes no sense in Thai. You're mishearing Khon and Khun. Yes, you call a Thai person Khun as a mark of respect. Also, Khun Mor, Khun Kroo, doctor, teacher. Thais are generally very respectful if they don't know you that well. They'll often refer to you in the third person in a conversation eg if asking when you're leaving, a polite way in Thai would be, Khun <your name>  leaving when? It's one of the things I love about Thailand. Respect for all living things - well, in an ideal Buddhist world.

20 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Khon Jeen doesn't mean anything as Khon is the classifier for people.

Khun Jeen Nung Khon means Mr/Mrs Chinese one person.

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If somebody asked me who was there, and I answered many Chinese people, I would say Khon Jeen lay Khon. I would never use Khun with a classifier unless Khun was the classifier.  Khun is, as I said, a polite form of address. As in Khun John, Khun Bill etc etc.

22 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

What is TMNT?

It's a cable company in Pattaya.

18 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

 

Fact remains that YT has cancelled RT. Free speech anyone?

Try brand new Twitter or Trump's platform, what's it called, Truth for Suckers? Enjoy your freedom!

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You can't really be precise about allegiances but I'm suggesting to be very skeptical about what they might tell you.

To be clear I think fleeing mobilization  is a decent choice but hardly saintly.

 

Look Putin is calling them rats.

They are not rats.

I bet lots of the pro Putins have changed their mind after being called a rat.

Rats leaving a sinking ship? Let's hope so.

27 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Thailand has no sanctions imposed on Russian banks or Russian citizens.

Early on, I think it was Visa and MasterCard who sanctioned the Russian banks, so it became difficult to get funds. Since then I think many ways have been found to get round the sanctions.

1 hour ago, FinChin67 said:

Mobilization "Refugees" as we have had in Finland. They should not be allowed out or entering any other place but Putin's war in Ukraine. That could maybe put a stop into Putins plans. What I know of the situation 70-80% of them are supporting the war, if not more. However the ones having the money to flee do so. Few of my Russian friends have asked help to get ticket or doctors notice arranged (to avoid service) but I have declined.

How do you calculate the 70-80%?

2 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Read reviews. Google search will bring up reviews.

Yes, I read a lot of them, but the majority were pre COVID. I also noticed every single Russian review was 1 star, total putdown. Just an observation.

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

No news is best. Why follow 90% negative news? Switching off the tv or not following the doom and gloom nonsense on an ap is the best way to live.

 

I dont know any happy person who watches the "news" daily.

 

I love it. Doom and gloom I mean. Gloomberg was great when everything was falling down around their ears. When markets pick up again, I'm off to find my daily dose of doom thanks very much. Real depression only sets in if I watch Fux News.

38 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

and you apparently think google etc doesn't "restrict" information, depending on what or who it's about. LOL.

 

The internet does not tell us everything. Many times I try to find stuff and not to be found.

 

I find it interesting that you think I care enough about it to spend hours looking for "both" sides of the picture. Hardly.

This forum is about the extent of my news source, and I rarely look on a link.

However, I recently became able to access Al Jazira, the only mainstream news source I trust. Only problem is that weather interferes with the signal and if it rains unable to see it. I'm hoping for a dry day during US midterm elections

 

 

Slightly off topic, but you can get Al Jazeera on its mobile app. Been a fan for a while now. But of course heavy anti Israel bias, and heavily into post colonial criticisms. But so what? Refreshing! Good reception too in Pattaya on TMNT. Get Bloomberg, BBC news, Fux, AJ in English and Arabic, France 24 in English and French, DW in English and German, ABC Aussie news, Euro News, even Chinese CGTN in English, RAI, TVN, BVB, CGTN Russian, PTP (Russian), CNA, NHK etc etc. 

Tried searching the forum for this thinking there'd be numerous threads but found nothing. Must be a common question, I thought. I've had one dentist I'd never go back to. So any serious recommendations? It's to finish a root canal started abroad.

Working without a work permit? Immediate deportation, normally, I believe.

20 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

I worry how the Russian will treat me. I'm not Ukrainian but my country 'gives' munitions and training to Ukrainians. 

Are you serious? You're worried about some non existent Russians beating you up because your country joined the war against Russia? Very few Russians here in Pratamnak, which has a high concentration of Russian owned condo apartments. I live in one. I think they are well aware of the animosity, if not outright fury many ex pat Europeans feel about their invasion of Ukraine and are keeping an extremely profile. In my local spa there are the odd Russians, but they're treated like any other customers. I always try and initiate a conversation, same as I do with everybody. But what can you, or they say? I've met Ukrainians too. Easy to confuse the two for a non Russian speaking westerner. And most of Central Asia is Russian speaking.