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Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
(A loss to the world of music indeed) Us and Them - Pifl Nokyd
Another old classic ---
I see a man without a problem
I see a country always starved
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พี่นน ไม่ได้ เล่น เลยP Non won't play..."
ไม่ได้เล่น is 'didn't play' - isn't it?
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Where's TheDon when you need him? Here's someone definitely in need of a snapkick to the back of the head ......
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Show a map of the world to most Thai's and ask them to point out where the UK is. 9 times out of 10 they will point to a large land mass and even not believe you when you point to the tiny Island West of France.
I don't believe you either!
I see both your points. Fact is though if you go due west from anywhere on the French coast between Abbeville and Dunkirk, the next little island you will hit would be some part of the UK.
What was someone saying about not knowing geography?
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There has been a lot of rumors about a so called "Storm surge", but this is the first I have heard about a Tsunami...
Aha! So "tsunami" may be her way of trying to convey "storm surge". Thanks for that.
Okay, so what's this I hear about a possible "storm surge" in Pattaya?
A 'Storm Surge' is a rise in sea level in front of an approaching hurricane (or typhoon in this area). Not a lot of those hit Pattaya either!
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Barry Edible?
Classic !!
Still, (wiping the tears out of my eyes) - have we any idea what "barry" means?
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"This time-bomb has already exploded and the situation could get worse," Ladda Thangsupachai, director of the ministry's Cultural Surveillance Centre, told Reuters. "Today it is a cab driver, but tomorrow it could be a video game shop owner."
What does this mean? Are video game shop owners somehow less expendable than cab drivers?
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No, they always do that. They pick up bikes parked on the red-striped curb areas and pedestrian crossings.
<deleted>'s one of those ?????
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That's where the gem came from years ago in the early days of Babel-fish. Someone translated "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" into German and back into English. It returned as "The whisky is OK, but the meat has gone off".
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Well, whilst researching something else (don't ask),
Why can't we ask - I'm fascinated now! I can't imagine what you were researching that brought up that little gem - and yes, it does seem to make sense!
Have you seen this one with the word 'buffalo' eight times?
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i know this is soooo off topic. but does anybody know the thai script for "conquer all lifes flaws" or something really similar to that? much help is needed thanks.
I take it you haven't found the 'Thai Language' forum yet then?
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Your advice was excellent. I found the Music Store and they actually had what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.
You're welcome. Lucky they had what you wanted!
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Shoudn't you get that knee looked at Mr Meatgrowler?
Have you got the right glasses on?
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Ignore comment - I misread the joke!!
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Not forgetting the partial Lunar eclipse early morning of the 17th
NASA site for 2008's eclipses
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2008.html
Graphic of Aug 16th's Lunar eclipse
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot...E2008Aug16P.GIF
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I wanted two votes. According to my signature I've got two ages, but it wouldn't let me.
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because they offer you such big income if you join and sell that stuff
Not heard of them as such, but that sounds suspiciously like yet another pyramid scheme. They wouldn't be beauty/health products by any chance?
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From Jomtien, head up Thepprasit road to the junction with Sukhumwit. Directly opposite the junction (ie, on the east side of Sukhumwit) there is a music shop - Suriya Music. Don't know if they have traditional drums, but they might be able to head you in the right direction if they don't.
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Having no idea what 'sambal oelek' was, I had to Google it. Not only did I find out what it was on the first page, but also links to many recipes to make it yourself and several on-line retailers - including Amazon!
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No they're not! Long vowels, yes, but not the same tone. หมา (dog) is a rising tone (High class consonant ห at the start) and ม้า (horse) is a high tone. You could always get over the problem by using the other word for dog - สุนัข (sunak)
I disagree ม้า (horse) also has a rising tone at the end. Admittedly the tone starts higher but if you listen to Thai people say the word it is not a constant high tone. It starts high and then goes higher still! Similar to dog but that starts at a lowish tone and ends up mid-tone.
JJ.
As you wish. Personally I have never heard it as any kind of a rising tone, the tone rules have it as a high tone, and in saying it as such I have never caused any confusion with dog. I have been the source of much amusement at my expense by mixing up other words/tones, but not these two.
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Interestingly I recently came across 'tuk tuk' as the answer in an English national daily newspaper's cryptic crossword. That implies someone expects it to be well known in the English speaking community. I didn't name the paper as I can't remember which one it was, as I do the Telegraph, Mail, Daily Express and attempt The Times as and when they become available here in the middle of the desert.
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OK so my Thai is coming along and I try and pitch the tones at the right level but these two words I always seem to get wrong. When I want to say dog they think I am saying horse and when I want to say horse they think I am saying dog.
They are both long vowels right, and both rising. So I guess the only way to distinguish is what pitch you start from and how high you go.
Had it today, talking to some girls eating som dtam with horse crabs (poo maa). But of course I said dog crabs and they pulled a funny face and corrected me.
Then when I talk about horse racing kheng maa, I sometimes wonder if they think I mean dog racing.
No fair
No they're not! Long vowels, yes, but not the same tone. หมา (dog) is a rising tone (High class consonant ห at the start) and ม้า (horse) is a high tone. You could always get over the problem by using the other word for dog - สุนัข (sunak)
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Alex..I took these pictures last Friday(25th) afternoon...A similar event...except I saw no airplanes or UFO's, but it was unusual..
Stoneman
Those pictures from Stoneman look like a fire rainbow - see this link for explanation:
Gps In Thailand
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Personally I find that the best way of avoiding dirt roads is to look out of the front of the car while you're driving. Waching an electronic unit that has been programmed by who-knows-who is asking for trouble. Bear in mind the very simple idea - a GPS receiver knows where it is, where it has been and where it is heading, relative to the earth. To relate that to to the local geography, someone has to have written a bunch of computer code. How much do you trust that someone to know what the road is like?