MRDave

Jail her for life as an example and ban people from riding this way in the back of trucks!

45 minutes ago, Humpy said:

Please select English speaking teachers without an English regional accent , good diction and no American twang !!.... or am I asking too much ?

 

 

As a Geordiie. I speak Geordie to my friends and family. When I use the phone or speak to people not from my area I speak BBC English. 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/12/trainee-teachers-from-northern-england-told-to-modify-their-accents

https://www.tes.com/magazine/article/teacher-does-your-accent-matter

13 hours ago, baansgr said:

Quite simple let NES retirees teach that have a lifetime experience, a passion for their community and a real desire to contribute to Thai esucation. Apsrt from already being based in Thailand probably for a long time and some understanding of Thai culture, surely beats any crappy ology degrees most youngsters get now that just want to spend a gap year travelling. They really are overlooking a vast untapped pool of potential teachers.

A lot of people think they can teach English just because they are English. If that were the case, then I would not have spent four years reading for an English degree along with the £45,000 of student debt that came along with my qualification. What you are advocating if for non-qualified people to work for free and take away the jobs of qualified English teachers.  Sure, they can do it so long as they have a degree and a TEFL or Celta, along with a police check!

23 hours ago, phuketsub said:

I really hate the term 'jao khong phasa' for 'native speaker', because it literally means 'owner of the language', which is patently absurd.  English, like any language, is a dynamic, constantly evolving tool for communication, not a commodity that can be owned by anyone.  Sadly, I think the term's entrenched usage in Thai is an indicator of the cultural barrier Thais have to learning the current lingua franca.

 

And it really doesn't have to be that way at all.

If I own a guitar and I make copies of it and I give it to my non-English friends, then they will all own a copy of the guitar but the original will always be mine.

Copy paste the thais name and we find he has a youtube channel with one video. Drop a comment there. I did.

I see only one video on his youtube channel and only one comment and thats from Ellis. Reporting someone is one thing but them taking it to his social media is just asking for trouble and guess what he got it!

I would post the link but unlike Ellis I know how Thailand works.

"After landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the family is believed to have approached the Asoke 4 toll booths for help"

Aha...they walked there! Right!

Did the toll booths charge them for walking by?

Another coward who has to use a knife, he should be doing 20 years minimum but at least we have his photo and can keep an eye out. No doubt he will be back in Thailand.

Not sure what to make of this, but the Police need to take him away and get him a mental health evaluation before he causes an accident or is involved in one, be it with a vehicle or some short fused Thai who is not so happy at being given the finger.

In all the countries in the World to do crime Thailand isn't it, and since someone defrauded one of my credit cards last week I hope they get what they deserve. I bet they have no clue what misery awaits.

Sometimes I wonder how many of you who dislike the Russians actually know any Russians personally? I happen to know quite some Russian guy's and they are not worse, or better, than others. Sure some of them are loud, some of them seem to lack social skills, but so some French, German, British, Dutch and other nationalities! The Russians that I know are normal, nice folks.. Just like you and me

I met a Russian couple a few years ago on the back of a baht bus on one of the Islands. My friend was struggling to light his cigerete and the Russian guy took out his lighter reached over and lit it for him. They were from Siberia where the temperature is -40 no wonder they come to Thailand for their holidays! I think the problem with Russia is Putin and his cyber army who troll you-tube and the internet spreading disinformation and lies about Ukraine and the west. The biggest lie of course is that there are no Russian troops in Ukraine, another one I dislike is that we in the west are Nazis.

I know some Thais fairly well and they say they dislike Russians because they are rude and never tip, hardly come in their bars and stand drinking outside of 7/11.

Is the Thai media racist?

Why is it that there are relatively few articles about Africans in the Thai press, but virtually all of these articles are crime-related ones (419 bank scam, black money scam, internet dating scam)?

For once, can I see some articles about black Africans in Thailand doing things in Thailand which show black Africans in a good light?

Perhaps you could name some good deeds by black Africans in Thailand?

The problem with Thai people is they are the ones who need to go on a culture course. They live in one big bubble of Thainess where money is King, and the farang is a cross between a walking ATM and a cow that can be milked of cash on a daily basis.

Non Thai teachers are waking up to the fact that there is more to life than Sunshine and easy women.

While countries like China roll out the red carpet, Thailand just puts more obstacles in the way of the very people they need. Why work for peanuts and be treated like a chump when there are better opportunity's elsewhere.

I never heard of the guy until the allegations surfaced. He wasn't exactly The Beatles or Olivia Newton John, now was he.

What a loser.

Actually he was one of the biggest acts of the 70s in the UK. I just wish the UK authorities would put as much time and effort into the Rochester abuse scandal as they have into these historic child abuse cases.

They failed on Jimmy Savile so I think they are on a witchhunt to save face even Cliff Richard was dragged in and I'm sure hes still a virgin.

Welcome to Thailand where the 'Tourist Police' act as 'The Drug Squad!' What next? The Tourist police arresting foreigners on campsites for having a swiss army knife?

What's so puzzling about that? The Tourist Police are police, what do you expect them to do?

The clues in the name TOURIST Police.

Keep on dreaming the only thing that will stop this is a bullet in Putin's head or a big increase in body bags full of Russian soldiers.

Some of these chaps riding these highly powered bikes take huge chances and drive crazily and too fast-as do the young Thais who can afford these bikes-so obviously we will get these unfortunate and terrible accidents.

Here we go AGAIN with the pansy brigade trying to tell us what we should do with our lives. If youre too scared to go faster than walking pace then stay at home and leave other people to do what they enjoy.

more people die on tiny little scooters than on nasty big motorbikes

The graveyards are full of people with your logic. I don't care if you kill yourself its the innocents who get killed that I care about. Ive had a lot of bikes but I would feel safer racing at Donnington than riding in Thailand.

RIP Greg.

I agree with the death penalty for Heroin and Crystal Meth smuggling, cocaine never used it, ecstasy and speed got spiked with them once. cannabis and Magic Mushrooms. I don't do cannabis but I did Mushrooms for over 30 years when they were legal and when they were not. I never did drugs in Thailand mainly because I don't want to be locked up for 30 years. However as a UK citizen I may do mushrooms in the UK now and again because I believe they are harmless and I don't harm anyone else when I'm doing them. I remember reading an article a number of years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362866/Corridors-powder-Drug-scandal-Houses-Parliament-traces-cocaine-toilets-Palace-Westminster.html

Its a case of do as I say and not as I do!

I think it only fair to raise the point that 500 Baht is not a great deal of money, especially if you are from a country such as the UK (as I am) where that ammount of cash would not get to to the next junction.

I stopover in Bangkok very often and have never been overcharged for the taxi to my regular hotel. Instead I feel bad about that fact that the driver has waited in line for hours at the airport, only to get me who is going 5 minutes down the road for a fair of Baht 90. I always pay Baht 200 to resolve my concience.

I don't mind going off-meter, as long as you agree to the fee beforehand and the driver sticks to it.

I used to drive a Taxi in the UK and I very much doubt you would let drivers get away with that in the UK so why put up with this shit in Thailand.

I usually use the Bells bus service or Tans Taxi service. Ive used the airport Taxis to go to Pattaya and always agree the fair beforehand which is 1000 baht and they get me their without crazy driving.

As for getting Taxis in Bangkok they either use the meter or they can sod off! There is a simple solution to this do not get into a Taxi without a meter they will soon get the message that farangs wont put up with being ripped off.

I've watched a lot of the air crash investigator TV shows and the fact that they lost communication so suddenly means they most have had some sort of catastrophic incident where it was impossible for the pilots to make any further contact with the air traffic controllers. This is usually caused structural failure such as is caused by a bomb, pilots losing consciousness ect. I feel for the people waiting for their loved ones most be truly horrific. I had to change my Emirates flight once when they found a hydraulic problem and I don't mind admitting I was shitting myself and my inner voice was telling me to get up and leave if the engineer decided the plane was okay to fly.