In Thailand, When your Neighbor Gives You TWO Mangoes: Is This a Sign?

[Albaby]

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Sorry. 

 

Did you say a GLUT of mangoes? 

 

Most guys would say a DEARTH. 

 

 

Can't help myself. How does one have a dearth when when there is a glut? Its been a while, maybe you've forgotten the topic. Cheers

[Hanaguma]

1 hour ago, dingdongrb said:

Better yet, visit a local butcher and take her back a huge salami or sausage. That should get a reaction better than any piece of fruit.

Hopefully if the OP does this he can 'back up' the gift with the real thing. Otherwise, the neighbor will be in a world of disappointment...

[NoDisplayName]

The correct response is to give her a carrot and two potatoes, both of course being root vegetables.

 

Be advised that handing them to her in a plastic sack or bare carry different connotations.

 

Good lucky!

[scorecard]

6 hours ago, Stocky said:

I'd say antonym

Glut is popularly used vocab. in some countries.

[zzaa09]

2 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Hopefully if the OP does this he can 'back up' the gift with the real thing. Otherwise, the neighbor will be in a world of disappointment...

Though, this might be an instance of fancying oneself too much, when others might not see it as such. 

Just an observation applying to the OP.

[asf6]

It is normal to give fruit as a gift in Thailand. Sometimes it is because someone has too many of them to eat so to to avoid waste they give them away to relatives, friends or neighbours. 

[Enoon]

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Sorry. 

 

Did you say a GLUT of mangoes? 

 

Most guys would say a DEARTH. 

 

 

 

         

     noun: glut; plural noun: gluts

     an excessively abundant supply of something.

"there is a glut of cars on the market"

 

 

noun: dearth; plural noun: dearths

a scarcity or lack of something.

"there is a dearth of evidence"

 

What is mango availability like in your area.......scarcity or abundance?

 

Worgeordie is positing that there is an abundance.

     

Are you saying that there is a scarcity.......or are you questioning his grammar?

 

(Please try and keep your answer as brief as possible)

 

 

[asf6]

There are plenty of mangoes around at the moment. Certainly not a dearth. 

 

Some mango varieties will fruit all year round (choke anan does I think โชคอนันต์), others just in a particular season. It is probably past the season for some varieties but some mango trees are still fruiting now, for example the maha-chanok (มะม่วงมหาชนก) variety, which I ate a couple of hours ago.  

 

 

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Edited June 17, 2023 by asf6

[gomangosteen]

Mango 25 baht/kilo here in Chanthaburi. Certainly no shortage.

 

On the gift of fruit scene, just a polite neighbourly thing here. We're regularly given pineapple, papaya, watermelons, bananas, dragonfruit etc.

Daughter #1 works in marketing for a durian export co and reciprocates by gifting our immediate neighbours with prime grade durian. And we all live happily ever after.

[Stocky]

13 hours ago, scorecard said:

Glut is popularly used vocab. in some countries.

My point was that dearth is an antonym of glut.

[chuang]

Give her two ???? bananas 

[TimeMachine]

Sign says , the club rules at the love shack. 

[herfiehandbag]

22 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Unfortunate single lady (30+) keeps giving me bananas. In bulk: huge branch (shaft?) of bananas. But she also has a persian cat with cohones removed and that's scares me.

What should I do?

I doubt the cat is over impressed either.

[pomchop]

Say thank you, eat the mangoes, and be happy you have a nice neighbor without trying to attach all kinds of hidden meanings to an act of kindness.

[GammaGlobulin]

On 6/17/2023 at 9:18 PM, Enoon said:

 

         

     noun: glut; plural noun: gluts

     an excessively abundant supply of something.

"there is a glut of cars on the market"

 

 

noun: dearth; plural noun: dearths

a scarcity or lack of something.

"there is a dearth of evidence"

 

What is mango availability like in your area.......scarcity or abundance?

 

Worgeordie is positing that there is an abundance.

     

Are you saying that there is a scarcity.......or are you questioning his grammar?

 

(Please try and keep your answer as brief as possible)

 

 

I am stating that there is a definite dearth of mangoes in plain view, these days, relative to what was typically common even seven decades ago. 

 

Please refer to The National Geographic magazine issues of yore. 

 

Dress codes around the world are rapidly evolving. 

 

Hopefully, within another few years, we will be able to accept a more gender-unbiased dress code in which mangoes can be displayed proudly in polite company. 

 

May I live to see the day!