Up2U Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 And, does any of your significant others completely mix Thai and English even in one sentence or even mid-word? We do it too, even though I'm forbidden to speak Thai. Probably the most intimate fusion was my wife's reply, 'I ก็ love you'. I think that's a more intimate fusion than 'Mummy's waiing phra.' (I'm not sure how to say the latter in English; I suspect that 'praying' is not the right word.) Our daughter came up with a lovely mixed phrase - 'water farang' for 'squash'. I can only think of one word blend - 'salap' = E. sleep / Th. lap (หลับ). A shop assistant once replied 'No mee' for 'No have' or 'mai mee'. Are you sure the 'Salap' wasn't followed by a 'Salay'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayenram Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 On my wife's first visit to England, we were driving along the M 56 by Stanlow when she says "look, ships". We were close to the Manchester Ship Canal but I couldn't see the ships that she was referring to. I said "where?" She said "the ships, over there in the field" It was the first time she had ever seen sheep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambassador Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Another recent case of Thai Word Muddle I experienced was when I was asked if I had a 'sikhalette.' "Do you have a sikhalette?" She asked. "Only menthol" I replied, much to her confusion... She was asking if I had a secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belleben Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 this is fun. Thais call beef & meat by using the same word "Nue". That's why she talks strangely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belleben Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 However, it's like listening farangs gossiping thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 I see nothing wrong with this and I'm sure we also provide great entertainment to our Thai friends in our daily attempts to speak Thai. We eat at the same shop every day and have become great friends with the family who runs it. There are quite a few shops next to it and a park for kids to play. Two women who were having beer next door decided to take a pee in the bushes. The shop lady told my gf who then translated to me , " They better watch out for the snake not to bite their kisstoris" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG SPUDS Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 Ive told my GF that she is number 1 in my world and should take no s**t from no one , and that she is really special to me and i will always put her before me. Guess my new name???? Number 2!! Asked for it really i suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padkapow Guy Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 My wife calls the tv remote control the " birth control" Aso she calls walgreens " greenwall" and at nite when I snore to load she elbows me in the ribs and tells me to "tip over". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanchao Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 All these posts on "what The Girls say".. Don't Thai guys say anything in English (or Tinglish)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayenram Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 My FG occasionally helps her friend (who is quote "mai dem baht") with her English. They were rabbiting on the stoep the other day and I heard the word "trorry". I said "what are you trying to teach her?" She said "trorry, like we have when we go shopping" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFarmer Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 This morning my wife woke me up saying that slumabit(son of a b*tch) labbit(rabbit) ate my loses(Roses). If I catch him we are going to have labbit stew. Hi fellows, Last Saturday I printed out all the stories from "The funny things the girls say" and my Thai wife and I red it together in the evening. And I can assure you it was many years ago since we laughed that much. We could hardly speak at all after a while. We just pointed at the story and laughed and laughed with tears falling down our cheeks. These wonderful Thai girls are so funny without knowing it. And we love them for that. We sure don't laugh at them in a bad way if someone thinks that. And I'm sure they laugh at us too when we try to speak Thai. And that's OK! Our no 1 is the one quoted above. I had to leave the room and go out and wash my face in cold water to stop laughing. My wife and I still say "labbits" and "loses" when we see them. Please say hallo to your wonderful wife from us Padkapow Guy. She really made our day! My wife has said some funny things too. But unfortunately for the most of you it's in Swedish so I will keep the stories to myself! Now after 22 years in Sweden she almost speaks better Swedish than I do..............!!? How funny is that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangmaiJim Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I have to say that I have had loads of laughs due to the language and cultural differences! eg. Last year we were preparing to move into our new house and I had been making inquiries as to what we could do and what we couldn't in or to our new property, and basically you can do what the **** you like, therefore I started to ask her a few questions like can I do this? and can I have this? and always the answer was, "You can do what you want" Therefore trying to push the point I then said that I would like to buy an elephant and keep it it in the garden! At this she turned and said "You can't keep an elephant in the garden" I then asked her as to why I can basically do anything I want but I can't have an elephant, she replied "It will sh1t all over the garden"!!! Another problem word for her is festival, it comes out vegetable! and there's lots of both in Thailand Also my friend's wife was pointing out the different fruit trees etc. whilst out driving one day, as we passed some rubber trees she described them as "Tree make the shoe" I could go on. Be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insight Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I got an email a while ago from a Thai college with a subject entitled "Can you do me a flavour?" - I still don't know whether it was intentional or not Still, had to reply "Ham & Cheese"... Remember once picking up a pirate PS2 game from Pantip. The blurb on the back said "Are you really?" (Ready, really... maybe...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insight Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 And before I forget, our receptionist sent an email to everybody a few weeks ago informing us that the office maid was off sick. It read something like... "The maid, P'Gan, is not feeling well today so you'll just have to do everything yourself." Don't beat around the bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatom Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 One day my wife was practising her English and read a sign saying "lestaulant" (restaurant). I said, "its not lestaulant, its restaulant". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 My ex Thai wife had been living with me in the UK for about a year. She had been going to college to learn to speak and read English for about 6 months when:- We were at the supermarket checkout together and she kept on pulling out a bag of sugar from the other groceries and refusing to let the cahier put it through the till. We both asked her why? She pointed to a nearby display of a completely different product which in large letters pronounced it to be " SUGAR FREE" !!! On another famous occassion we were in bed together and I passed wind. She turned over and said:- " How many dog die stomach you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NedKelly Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 After I introduced her to Yoghurt and Muesli and fruit all together with a touch of honey.........she now runs off to the kitchen and organises some toast to break up and put in as well........makes me shake my head every time !! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatom Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 We used to live in the US and my mother really loved my wife. I think it was her innocense and honesty my mother liked. One day my mother telephoned and my wife answered. Mother, "Hello dear, is Tom home?". Wife, " yes, he's in the bathroom, sh*tting". Then, one evening, we went to visit my mother. We said we had been to the Lao temple that day. My mother asked my wife, "What do you do at the temple?" My wife said, "I do the dishes and talk to the other ladies and Tom smokes pot with one of the monks". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidcharles Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 My GF loves to do "The Rottely" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang noi Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 My wife said, "I do the dishes and talk to the other ladies and Tom smokes pot with one of the monks". Busted ey??? what did your mother say??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I was staying at my gf's house near Surin on my last visit. We were at her aunties house talking ( I can only speak very limited Thai ), when my gf asks me in English "do you like feet"...... I was stunned for a little while, then I ask ... " what type of feet, chicken?". after some explanation and hand signals, I worked out that she was asking me did I like fish. Took 10min but she finally get her answer "yes I like fish". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Air: Air con aisa keem : Ice cream all reddy : already Apart-men: Apartment Arap: Arab Ayt-cream: Ice cream Bar: Bar Beer: Beer Boom boom: boom boom Bprien lock, bpen baan chan diaow nee! :I've changed the locks, it's my house now. boy shee : bullshit Cee-dee: CD Coh-cain: Cocaine Com-piu-ter: Computer Condo: Condo Condom: Condom cork = coke Da-wid Bek-hairm: David Beckham Dow: Down (cash deposit) Dee-wee-dee: DVD E-mai: Email Fut-born: Football Furni-ture: Furniture Gan-jah: Ganja Gay: Gay Gin Tonic: Gin & Tonic Gof: Golf Green Tea: Green Tea Hab: have Hello: Hello (when answering phone) Huge Gran: Hugh Grant Impossment : important I Finit (I finit alleddy) : Orgasm Internet: Internet Karaoke : karaoke Lesbian show: Lesbian show Lif: Lift (elevator) Lip-satik: Lipstick Logo: Logo Manches-ter U-nai-tet: Manchester United Mar-ga-rin: Margarine Wave: Microwave mo-bii : mobile phone Moto-cyc: Motorcycle My flend yoo : Your friend Offit: Office Oi: Oil Panda: Panda Pep-see: Pepsi Per-sen: Percent Pik-ap: Pick-up (truck) Plastic: Plastic pla-sa-tik : plastic Pro du surr : producer prom-prem : problem Promo-shern: Promotion (special offer) Pussee : Pussee Sa-deet: Sadist Same same : same Ser-ee-ert: Serious Sexy: Sexy skoon : school spankamagetthi : spaghetti Taxi: Taxi Tek-noh-loh-yee: Technology Tennit: Tennis Tee-wee: TV Thank you very big : Thank you very much Too mud: too much ub 2 yoo : Up to you U make me Kham : I got orgasm Wee-dee-oh: Video Wai: Wine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Some years back I took my wife to the antipodes (her first time out of Thailand) and whilst down under I called up a few friends and started the conversation by saying "how are you doing" which to by dearly beloved sounded something like "howyadoin" After a few of these telephone calls she said who is this person "howyadoin" you keep calling. It's not only some of the local dialects here in Thailand which confuse people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eee-stuart Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 try asking your issaan friends about the surname of the english football teams captain(when pronounced quickly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy50 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 hi guys,i went out with a wonderful woman in thailand,i taught her to say "turn to the left and turn to the right ,so we are travelling along on the m/cycle she used to shout,"turn to the wreff !--- or ---turn to the lii !. i used to stop the bike as i laughed so much!--should have married that woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 try asking your issaan friends about the surname of the english football teams captain(when pronounced quickly) Buck hum !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 One of my crew's girlfriend was talking about the Weekend Market at "MoChit", (Bangkok), coming in late on the conversation all I heard was her saying ... I go to Mo Chit again ... I assumed this was a bathroom issue and maybe she was over sharing until I we realized she was talking about the Market, even she had to laugh when she understood our confusion ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidcharles Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 it is really funny to read this forum to be honest.Cant stop laughing. I am Thai and it is quite good to hear some opinions from farang who got thai wife. Hope you dont mind if there is a new face to join the forum.unfortunatly she is Thai. A big welcome to you vrsushi. Hope you can have a nice time here and we can learn from each other. Yeh! WELCOME...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidcharles Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Pointing to her forehead, my lady said sadly "Look a big temple". The Thai Air Hostess bowed and smiled sweetly "We hope you have enjoyed your FRIGHT"....... Bless 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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