9 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

"Patrick Starke" does not sound German to me.

 

Starke Name Meaning & Starke Family History at Ancestry.co.uk

Starke Name Meaning. German and Dutch: nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), Middle Dutch starck(e), staerk(e), 'strong', 'brave'.

 

Popular German Names For Boys. Packard. Patrick. Penrod. Peter ...

 

Tom Starke - Wikipedia

 

 

More to this story. And why is the victim covering his face?

People do NOT Run around in groups with a sword attacking random strangers here.

Never read so much BS in my life!

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I know this 7.....advice in the parking lot "mai khao jai" "chok dii" bit of a hand wave.. CYA !!!!!!!!!!!!

Its an murder attempt and to not broadcast the video is probably because  its not good for the tourists numbers. that the perpetrators might not be catched without showing the video is less important. 

7 hours ago, blackhorse said:

More to this story. And why is the victim covering his face?

People do NOT Run around in groups with a sword attacking random strangers here.

Never read so much BS in my life!

They must of got the sword and knife from 7/11.oh and I've been jumped outside a 7/11 in karon while with my girlfriend for saying hello to an ex as I walked by and didn't even know they were there.got a nice chunky scar over my eye for that.luck had it he used a helmet and 7/11 didn't sell tools then.thais sometimes like to prove a point of being super tough by attacking the big farang.

22 hours ago, Hank Gunn said:

Still, I think this would be the most popular ministry of all, and I think is long overdue here:

 

 

My granddaughter is 27 months old.   She has been an accomplished, silly walker, for that last 6 months.  

Strangely, she only does it while holding my hand as we both walk together!

She giggles while she silly walks. 

 

sorry mate you are a German , now if you were Chinese the big guns would be out and full of apologies, and you would have got a nice photo holding a big basket of fruit.

18 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Starke Name Meaning & Starke Family History at Ancestry.co.uk

Starke Name Meaning. German and Dutch: nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), Middle Dutch starck(e), staerk(e), 'strong', 'brave'.

 

Popular German Names For Boys. Packard. Patrick. Penrod. Peter ...

 

Tom Starke - Wikipedia

 

 

Ancestry is not correct, in Dutch it would be sterke, not starke.

On 10/6/2018 at 5:11 PM, LomSak27 said:

My gut feeling is this is a one sad, desperate, attempt to pull a 180 and blame the victim. But I reckoned someone was going to try it anyway.  

well,  TV is where people are given equal rights on their guts

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Ancestry is not correct, in Dutch it would be sterke, not starke.

And who gives a toss..this is about a gang with swords/knives brutally attacking a single unarmed man.not some ancestry lesson.

7 hours ago, happy chappie said:

And who gives a toss..this is about a gang with swords/knives brutally attacking a single unarmed man.not some ancestry lesson.

Enoon and others who were commenting on the name do give a toss. Since you probably don't, better to not comment on it.

18 hours ago, radiochaser said:

My granddaughter is 27 months old.   She has been an accomplished, silly walker, for that last 6 months.  

Strangely, she only does it while holding my hand as we both walk together!

She giggles while she silly walks. 

 

I keep telling her to stop it.  

But I truly enjoy her silly walking while she is doing it. 

Now that I think of it.  I will stop telling her to stop. 

How often did you see any fights in Thailand? And how often did they start without a reason? ...

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How often did you see any fights in Thailand? And how often did they start without a reason? ...

Not very often, but i have been close to be attacked twice, just over a little misunderstanding.

20 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Not very often, but i have been close to be attacked twice, just over a little misunderstanding.

Stay on topic, this thread is about onomastics, silly walks and grandchildren!