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16 minutes ago, johnarth said:

that is because the crowd are waiting to see the bull shove his horn up the man/s ass, crowd cheer man dies, bull lives another couple of days

I went to Pamplona in my youth. It seemed much fairer there!

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4 hours ago, tingtongfarang said:

when i first arrived here years ago it was december, people kept asking the same question over and over again

(you have plan khao dow?) i came to the conclusion after a quick translation rice star must be some kind of budhist festival and maybe better avoided,

On the second year i realised people were asking if i had plans for count down.

In my Thai langauge classes for foreigners one of the most favorite modules/lessons was the pronunciation of foreign words in Thai. It was great because everyone knew the vocabulary from the start and could concentrate on saying it correctly. I often said to my students that the most outlandish way you could pick to pronounce something would often lead you to be better understood. 

I always started the topic by telling people that the hardest word to say in Thai was "coke".

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4 hours ago, stouricks said:

Nice cut & paste, perfect English. Now what the f..k does it mean?

I have a massive vocabulary because I am a professional Scrabble player (and one who cares somewhat about meanings). I didn't know echolalia or xenoglossophobia and enjoyed Googling them. The former seems to refer more to a child learning language repeating a word from a question rather than actually answering that question. This is actually one area where learning Thai is so easy. This is because then answering questions it is often only necessary to repeat, say, the verb. So the answer to "mee ngern mai" (do you have money) is not chai (yes) but "mee". This characteristic of the language gives the leaner an opportunity to use lots of vocabulary and hopefully learn to pronounce it when all they are doing is agreeing or saying "yes".

My strategy as a Thai teacher was always to focus on why the language was easy to learn, not why it was hard.

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4 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

One of the biggest issues (especially in rural Thailand) is the inability of Thais to understand my Thai.

 

 

In the west if you speak something that is not spot on, or tonally correct, the personal to whom you are speaking can usually work out what you are saying from your 'near miss'. In Thailand there are no near misses, you are exactly right - or you are wrong.

 

The worst example, apart from my inability to communicate my duck egg purchase, (to a guy in a local market who only sells duck eggs - "Ao khai bpet, sam sip faawng, khrup" didn't cut it) was a beer order in a local restaurant/bar. I thought that "Ao LEO lek, khrup" was quite clear...... 3 times I repeated to order to the quizzical waitress before she exclaimed "Oh............ LEE - O...... you want big or small?".  

 

What else she thought I might be ordering in a bar was beyond me.

Perhaps you are assuming that Leo is an easy word to pronounce so that you are understood. It's not. Yes it has to be very clear as you say, Lee - o (two common tones). The waitress probably didn't grt your pronounciation so "lek" wasn't understood. Did you pronounce "lek" with a high tone....if not it is iron. It is important to pronounce as many words in a sentence correctly to be understood in Thai. For a further example I strongly suspect I could say to you : Ao Leo Lek khrap and you would understand me. Even if I pronounced it to mean "Bay Leo Iron Drive". Your ear is trained to something you are familiar with. A Thais ear is trained to the correct pronunciation of each word. I have learnt Thai as an adult foreigner.....I can hear mistakes but because I know those mistakes and can figure things out (after being a Thai teacher for years) I can get it when people pronounce things wrongly better than most Thais.

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Rooster.

4 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Unemployment and crime go hand in hand. Expect more of it.

What?

Unemployment?

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19 hours ago, sprq said:

Pigs enjoy looking for truffles, and they're not abused into doing it. The opposite is true for monkeys collecting coconuts. Wake up, Attawich.

Have you confirmed that by speaking to the monkeys?

I think if I was one I'd quite enjoy going up trees for a living.

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Why have I had images all day of Dawn and a plumber, after translating this story this morning. 

Writing it was only meant to be a bit of craic.

O'Rooster

Never let people tell you it can't be done. Go to a bank's head office, be presentable and plead your case. You never know!

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Very good.

I think I'll contact them to make a man-size one for me. It will come in handy if any of my Scouse mates come to stay. ????

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A situation like this is crying out for a gap year. My daughter couldn't get what she wanted and went into a related field to do work before starting uni. Don't rush young people - encourage them that there are many years ahead and experience in a wide range of fields bears dividends. 

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5 hours ago, Mops59 said:

1109 people is not enough to be representative for the outcome of a survey. And when 77.5.% of these people wants the government to be vigilant the whole country will go bankrupt because of 870 people. But I guess the whole world will print money to overcome bankruptcies, hunger and unemployment . With thanks to the WHO for calling it a pandemic and scare the world big time.

 

If you look online at surveys and sample sizes you will see that a sample size of 1,000 in a population is considered more than enough by statisticians. 

Criticism about the size of the poll does not wash with me. I'd rather look at the questions and how loaded they are.

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17 hours ago, Morty T said:

Enjoyable read until once again your liberal brainless clap comes to the surface.

Thanks for reading.

Sorry my comments about the incumbent in the White House don't meet with your approval.

But Rooster is a breed that does not have a red neck and will continue to crow about that despicable person. It's not being liberal, it's being human. 

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53 minutes ago, bodga said:

Stop derailing this thread!

At this point may I recommend reading "Riding the Iron Rooster".

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23 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Sorry. My apologies, I've obviously got ideas above my station.

It really is time that at this junction you punsters are shunted from the forum. 

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2 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

She actually said "You deserved an Oscar."?

 

Gosh the Thai's are getting Anglicised.............................

That is exactly what she said.

Among several other gems.

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3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

I can get away with five foot nine ????

Reminds me of Sid the Sexist who, nae way, was Sid 'avin' six inches lopped off his tool for nae lass.

Or words to that effect.

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3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Nah, they need to be able to 'track' you on the BTS.

(sorry!)

Would you mind choosing another platform for your pitiful attempts at punning.

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Personally I would take the following course of action. I would go to see the director for a one on one meeting. I would start by saying that I intend to comply. Then tell him or her why you thoroughly disagree with this edict. Comply for the sake of peace and the child. But state your views in private very vociferously.

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100B. Though reading some of the suggestions on this thread it looks like I will have to approach my 7 year old with a Covid-19 pandemic tooth fairy contingency reduction scheme. 

50 baht sounds much better.

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