baan_yangyai

Why is BOOZE such a big issue for expats living in Thailand??? Most of the responses I've read ALWAYS mention BOOZE being a big part of their lives in Thailand, even to the point of severely damaging their bodies! Are their lives so very unfullfing that there is a pathological need for alcohol?

Don't get me wrong, I too like a tipple, but certainly not to the point of damaging myself! Any thoughts about this?.....

Nothing beats fresh bread soaked in Extra Virgin Olive Oil!!

Hey DaleyBoy, try this one out for size: "POO TANG INA MO! POO TANG INA YO!'

If you know Tagalog, or know someone who know Tagalog, it should give you pause for thoght

Yeah. Know Upper Parli very well indeed, although it's gone down 'ill recently. I wonder how many other Scouser there are out there? Might make an interesting Thread eh?

Gaelic and English are very different because they have completely different roots. English was imposed on Brits. It's not the native language of the isles.

I read about a place in Northern Germany where they speak comprehensible English, as their native dialect. The place is called Anglia, if I remember correctly.

Yeah! Your'e right about the german language; there are between 50 to 250 DIFFERENT dialects all together! Absolutely F***ING amazing! However, the 'Anglia' you refered to is in actual fact the Frisian Islands in North Germany, where they speak Frisian dialect very closely related to the English language!

Can't say that I've ever heard of it.

I do know after living there, that Germany has over 200 different dialects, not just accents. People from Munich would be visiting the north of the country and, come into my restaurant. My waitresses would have no idea what they were saying when listening to them converse.

redrus

must agree there redrus , as a scouse, who lived and worked in germany for over 20 years, I used to enjoy changing to the different dialects, even now when I speak to germans I find myself naturally falling into their dialect, only problem is ,as oldtimers disease sets in it plays hel_l,, with my thai, laos and khmer, and if I happen to be slurping the odd Lao Khao usually fall back into Swahili nignoy

You'se must be a linguist me awl' Scouser! What part of the of the great city are you'se from mate? I'm from the West Derby/Queens Drive area meeself!

Did u mean Aluminium or Aluminum?

I didnt know the english could speak there language! everb heard a brit say aluminum?

Ta v.much Wes Turner! Yes we certainly can! From your signature, I guess you're from Canada Eh?

Has any Brit. out there in TV-Land ever heard of the Pitmatic English accent? An American colleague of mine simply can't understand how or why there are so many variations in spoken English in Britain. I mentioned a few to him, like Scouse, Geordie, Cockney, Brummie etc. and gave him a few smatterings of each(I'm quite adept at it ) . I came across the Pitmatic accent by chance, and was wondering if anyone knows anythin about it?

Cheers!

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I am certainly not a Protestant. I’m the second W.A.S.A (devout atheist).

The original post is not clear to me - does the OP really mean WASP ? How do you know the religion of all these people. I am also caucasian, but if you met me in a bar or at BigC you would be unlikely to discover that I am an atheist (#3) with Buddhist leanings. Was the original question supposed to refer a lack of Thai women not married to "Thais and caucasians" ?

Was the original question supposed to refer a lack of Thai women not married to "Thais and caucasians" ?

In a word YES!

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I have never come across a non-WASP married to a Thai.

Err... try several million Thai people - they don't all marry foreigners wink.gif

Eh, yeah. I know! But I was referring to foreigners married to Thai dry.gif

Apologies for sarcasm, baan_yangyai.

But what's your point? Your narrow social circle? Or that that non-WASP foreigners with Thai spouses may not be happily married?

Not sure I get this one.

The point I was trying to get at is why there aren't MORE non-WASP foreigners married to Thais. Is it something to do with socio-economics in that most WASP's have money and are better-off and able to marry and settle down in LOS? I am non-WASP and have never come across ,YET, any other non-WASP married to a Thai

I was wondering about this practise of sending a card to a g/f , wife. How many farang men actually send a Valentine's card to their other half? Is there an age limit after which one just does not bother sending one, as it seems somwhat purile and adolescent?

Any comment?

I have never come across a non-WASP married to a Thai.

Err... try several million Thai people - they don't all marry foreigners

Eh, yeah. I know! But I was referring to foreigners married to Thai

Just an asside, but from my 19 years of living in LOS, I have never come across a non-WASP married to a Thai. For the uninitiated, a WASP is a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Are there ANY non-WASP married to Thai living happily in LOS?

Just a thought...

I think your best bet is to get yourself a visa drive a few hundred k's up the road and get stuck into some beer Lao.

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Eh..? Why..? may as well just buy Leo...

totster

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With all due respect my friend beer Lao is the dogs nuts. Nicest beer in the region.

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Well.. each to their own I 'spose... while I agree it's not a bad beer.. it doesn't stand out as the nicest in the region (apart from in Lao ).

Definately not worth a trip to Lao just to buy it IMHO.. can just buy Leo

totster

Hey Totster!

Really like your avatar man! Do you know thos 2 PYT's personally?

Pathetic! Only a VERY SAD person would open a thread like this one!

Hey!

What about the word 'thunk'. I thought that the Past Tense of 'think was 'thought' . But I regularly here 'thunk' bandied about!

Has anyone tried Klang Dong Valley red wine yet. Believe me, once you try it, you will not drink any other! Its produced locally in Nakorn Ratchasima, but available at most Thai liquor stores. At 12% alcohol and @ about Bht. 120 per.bottle you can't go wrong!

Don't knock the Scousers! They are the salt-of-the-earth! Great place, great people, great pride!

Just an academic thought or two.

Most Anglicisation is based on the work done by Mary Haas, of Stanford University, in the 1950s and largely followed by the better Thai-English authors.

However, there has never been an official version of rendering Thai into English and you know the results.

Two of the more stupid are writing the Thai W as a V as in Sukhumvit Road. The Latins used to do this hundreds of years ago as they had no W.

The other is to write give a Chinese L pronunciation to the Thai R. As in Falang and Mai Luu ( my toilet?) but many Thais speak their language badly.

Writing as it is said can be quite stupid: Head an' Shoulder (which one, left or right)

Or sometimes sensible: Writing the Thai name Wiroj (similar to the Thai spelling) as Wirote which is how it is pronounced.

Thais do seem to have a big problem with their own language though. Steet names vary from place to place and there is a local sign post that directs you to Surin Province even though you are already in it. They meant Surin town actually but that concept seems too much for a notice board.

Sawat Dii

Roger, Baan Khok Muang

- and what a silly idea to put the "h" in Phuket, Phibun, etc... Does anyone know why that was done ?

These spellings are equivalent to the Romanised sound of an elongated "breathed" P, almost as though the speaker was spitting out the initial letter. What about the English word mouse? In Thai this word sounds like "noo" but starts with the letter "ho hip" (h) หนู.

Right

The Thai ก is transliterated at K but is pronounced G kor kai

The Thai ข and the others are also a K and are pronounced as K which is aspirated so has an H added as is kham (word).

In the same way ป is transliterated as P but is unaspirated and sounds a bit like a B.

พ and ผ are aspirated and have a P sound so have an H added.

Try the difference with Pibul and Phibun.

Final consonants are exciting as well!!

This should be all explained in all English teaching school books here, but isn't.

Does this make it all as clear as mud?

Roger

Sorry Roger, I' sure you know alot more Thai grammar that this poor soul, but correct me if I'm wrong, in Thail isn't the first 'k' sound you mentioned above actually pronounced as 'GOR GAI' not 'KOR GAI', meaning that the 'k' is actually a 'g' ?

Apologies in advance

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Where the hel_l did Wigan Atheletic FC come from? It seems only a few years ago, they were languishing in the bottom half of the English 4th. Division ! What happend? Havie I missed something here?

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Did you mean Esaarn or Esarn Mr Burns? Issan, Isaan, Essan and Isan have also been bandied around....thank god I live in Buriram otherwise known as Burilam, Bullilam, Burriram, Burrilam....Now, Korat is another story

What did u mean by that last aside 'Korat is another story...' Eh?

Does anyone know of any place in or around Korat that has the crack,I mean a good place to get a beer or two with a bit of atmosphere or something that would appeal to the farang.I was going to suggest friendly faces but Thailand is that to the heart.

Cheers

Hi!

Sorry to say this, but if you intend on settling in Korat, FORGET about Farang-stlyle bars and the like!

Korat is NOT BKK or Pataya or Phuket! I've lived here going on 19 years now, and love the true thai aspect of the place. Having said the above, there ARE many restuarants and entertainment venues around, but they ALL cater for the Thai clientelle.