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Nobody wearing seat belts either. May have helped. 

From experience it means they don't understand. Instead of saying they don't understand they say don't have or no. For example I went to buy 1 whole chicken from some vendor that sell only chicken. I ask Khai noung and he said don't have. I point the chicken and he give me 1/2 chicken... 

A special thanks to Meadish for pinning this thread, and editing. I try to keep it as neat as possible but that's the side effect of learning. http://ic.payap.ac.th/certificate/thai/about.php This is the URL for Payap's current schedule, tuition fees, and contact #'s. I started this thread in part to peak interest, because I think they have a great program worth every penny. I know when I was searching for a school, it was hard to come by good 1^st hand info, so please if you have any questions about the University or the Thai Studies program, don't hesitate to ask.
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I've separated the directions into two sections, part A for giving directions to a place, and part B is more for describing where a place is, in relation.
Notice how กับ (with) is used in most of these words.
In class I noted the unusual dictionary definition for เยื้องกับ, I think a better translation for common usage would be "up, down the street from". David I'm sure you have advise here? [emoji3]
เยื้องกับ – Diagonally Opposite
ระหว่าง – Between
ติดกับ – Next to
ตรงข้ามกับ – Across from
ใก้ลกับ – Close to
อยู่บนถนน "___" – On "____" road.
อยู่ในซอย – On the street (Notice how we use บน for road, and ใน for ซอย)
ทางไป – On the way to
อยู่บนถนนทางไป – On the street on the way to…(this is good to use if you don't know the name of the street, but you do know where it goes ex.)
อยู่บนถนนทางไปเชียงใหม่ - (on the road on the way to Chiang Mai)
Example Sentences
I've attached a map to this post. Let's start with the
City Hospital (โรงพยาบาลเมือง).
โรงพยาบาลเมืองอยู่ใหน?
(Where is the City Hospital?)
โรงพยาบาลติดกับมหาวิทยาลัยเมืองและเยื้องกับศาลากลางบนถนนMadison Ave. กับ 3rd Street.
(The City Hospital is next to the University, and down the street from the City hall, on Madison Ave. and 3^rd Street.)
Now take a look at the map, and try describing a location to your friend!
map.doc

We discourage the use of abbreviations, I believe this is "Do It Yourself."  [emoji16]

Naturally the journalist has the proof with  written statements from the boys and all the divers and medics complete with photos.
 
How strange that none of the boys nor ANY of the rescuers ever mentioned these "facts" at any of the interviews during and after the rescues.
 
I was aware that they had been injected with tranquillisers, but handcuffed as well?
 
Can I smell BS or what?

Looks like nose jobs is a prerequisite for teaching jobs. Not that any of those pictured were teachers . . .

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Who could be this stupid.  Useless to try to contradict this bunch of bunk......but not one Thai can fry an egg????? Where the heck have you been living?  I don't think I know a Thai who CAN'T fry an egg.  Time to start watching the loonies at CNN in hopes I'll see a big explosion and the screen will go blank........you guys may be next.

Have you seen rent prices in Australia 

Go buy yourself an indication cooker. Impossible to leave it on.

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In Bangkok, there was or still is a milkshake shop in Bangrak on Silom.   Cannot remember whether it was particularly satisfying.   Milk is not a big part of the diet here. 

Can't be bothered to read as way too long.....can you get the original story and the latest post down to twitter length.  That is the attention span of most in these gadget oriented days.

Interesting story, but very long. Good luck.

My gf recently planned a big party (for the son entering the monkhood) and spent some time producing a very nice invitation including a (useless) map, to be printed and sent to 600 + invitees.
Asked me what I thought of it. My response was that it's great but how about the google maps reference?
Her response to that was that Thai people don't use it.


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They already have 4 years of driving a car to school under their belt at that stage.
 
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My Daughters School  has several young female drivers ( M1 age ) of cars driving to School on a daily basis.
 
Do the School or the Police care - you bet they dont.
 
Many kids bribe their parents with the " if you dont buy me a Motorcycle, I wont go to School " , so the parents buy the Motorcycle as they are just too plain lazy to care for the kids and take them to school in a safe way.

Used to have a neighbor in my moo bahn with very good English skills, who had a stunningly beautiful daughter - of 14.  He bought her a brand new motorbike to drive to school about 5 miles away.  I asked him one day why he didn't love his daughter.  He looked at me as if I had suddenly sprouted a 3rd and and said: "What's the matter with you?  I love my daughter!"  I told him no, he didn't, or he wouldn't let his daughter, who just turned 14, ride a motorbike to school, and especially without a helmet.  His argument was that she was a good driver, and that I was just a stupid American.  
 
Less than a month later she was crushed to death beneath the wheels of a cement truck when she made an illegal right hand turn.  Later that day my wife and I walked to his house to pay our condolences.  The father flew into a rage, yelling and screaming that it was my fault his daughter had died, and I had "wished evil luck" on her.  He came charging at me, so I decked him, then sat on him and told him the only person to blame for her death was the person who looked back at him from the mirror.  Even my wife told him - "The truck didn't kill your daughter, you did by letting her ride when she was only 14."  After a few moments of struggling, all the life seemed to go out of him and he broke down crying.  I got off him and we walked away.  A week or so later he and his wife moved, putting their house up for sale.  
 
 

You're not saying a dark complected Asian (or for that matter African) is subjected to more racial prejudice in SE Asia than in England, are you? Almost all western racial minorities I've spoken to report just the opposite. And about this attitude that Thais think everyone in England is white, plenty of Thais know a Thai who has moved to England, don't they? Many Thais couldn't find England on a map, but you'd have us believe that they have pre-set ideas about the demographic makeup of the country? Glad you posted, but not sure if your observations hold water.

It is best to stay clear even from non-poisonous snakes. Their fangs could well be covered in some nasty bacteria and of course sometimes there is more one strike. 

As a side issue, of course the reporter didn't feel it necessary to wear a seat belt . . .

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It's a fashion thing. Much like fake teeth braces. One is as useful as the other . . .

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Actually I'm surprised your average Thai is welcoming at all. With 35 million tourists arriving in one year I'd reckon they must be at the point of telling them all to bugger off at every opportunity. That's half of the population of Thailand.

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Regardless of the discount situation currently in place, I'd reckon it will be quietly forgotten once the common ticketing system is rolled out (if that ever happens - it has been a long gestation period so far).

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Are you a farmer in Thailand?

Ask any American to point out Thailand on a map and they might say "You mean Taiwan?" and they couldn't point out that either.
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