It's hard to believe that someone could be going to a Thai shop in Thailand for years, but then pulled the "if I just say the word in English slower and louder they're bound to understand" cliché...

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

False.  "Mate" is never used in this way in the U.S.  If someone calls another person their "mate" it refers to their spouse or significant other.  So, if an American male calls another male their "mate" they would be referring to them as their gay partner.

 

So if I asked an American policeman, "Where can I buy some fags for my mate"? It would be a problem?😉

44 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

 

 

 

And you are correct.  Of the three, Aussies are the more mentally challenged and have a limited lexicon. 

 

 

Really? The coprophagocytes are posting early this morning.

5 hours ago, Keeps said:

Brits do say mate but only to someone when they actually are a mate. Aussies say it to everyone because a large number have an extremely limited vocabulary and/or are too intellectually challenged to actually remember anyone's name. I think that is the main difference.

Or we couldn't give a sheep shag in hell as to their name   

So the Pharmacy assistant at the end said. 'Do you know him'. Nice try Mate.

Thai's don't understand ' large '  .....   you should have said the ' big '  one ...  or big box .....  

 

as for the Brit,  you should have tried to smooth the issue over,  and calm him down.  

10 hours ago, madone said:

Who goes out spoiling for a fight in a pharmacy at 9 am with their wife in tow?

I'm a Brit and I'm off to the Pharmacy now with the misses its 9am exactly mate

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Thai's don't understand ' large '  .....   you should have said the ' big '  one ...  or big box .....  

 

Interesting point that.  Girls will always exclaim "ooohhh....very big!", and yet ordering a large Chang or Leo, etc. is the norm, S or L on the pricelist, not S or B

I'm British and we rarely say "mate" that's an Aussie term more than anywhere else.

59 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Utter rubbish.  many Brits refer to strangers as "mate"

No, they don't. 

11 hours ago, madone said:

Who goes out spoiling for a fight in a pharmacy at 9 am with their wife in tow?

Apparently a Brit.

Who uses that Pharmacy as their regular one, its tourist priced.

1 minute ago, Gottfrid said:

Apparently a Brit.

Apparently AI

If it was me I would have grabbed his head and smashed it into the counter.

 

11 hours ago, madone said:

have known these people for years

Some basic Thai might come in handy after all these years.

Big/large =yai ใหญ่

Small = เล็ก lek

 

comes in very handy when ordering beer.

13 minutes ago, PomPolo said:

I'm a Brit and I'm off to the Pharmacy now with the misses its 9am exactly mate

I will see you down there. I am ordering a large pack of meds.

Just now, MalcolmB said:

I will see you down there. I am ordering a large pack of meds.

That's cool see you there I was going to order a big one

5 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

If it was me I would have grabbed his head and smashed it into the counter.

 

Some basic Thai might come in handy after all these years.

Big/large =yai ใหญ่

Small = เล็ก small 

 

comes in very handy when ordering beer.

 Huh?  small = small?  I think you mean "Lek"? 

1 minute ago, PomPolo said:

That's cool see you there I was going to order a big one

Don’t forget to say please.

or Kor ขอ = may I have

Garuna กรุณา is a bit much 

 

2 minutes ago, bangadang said:

 Huh?  small = small?  I think you mean "Lek"? 

Yes

3 minutes ago, bangadang said:

 Huh?  small = small?  I think you mean "Lek"? 

I've never had to learn Lek the girls only use only use big/large

59 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

So if I asked an American policeman, "Where can I buy some fags for my mate"? It would be a problem?😉

Maybe potentially solicitation. 🙂

2 minutes ago, PomPolo said:

I've never had to learn Lek the girls only use only use big/large

 In your case, bar fine "Yai mak mak"  🤣

1 minute ago, PomPolo said:

I've never had to learn Lek the girls only use only use big/large

 

   Rather odd then, that you don't know how to say "big/large" in Thai .

If they keep saying that you are big, then how come you don't know the word in Thai ?

I just use my hands:

 

 – Palms, almost together = SMALL

-  Palms, wide apart = BIG

 

Always works, no need to open your mouth.

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Rather odd then, that you don't know how to say "big/large" in Thai .

If they keep saying that you are big, then how come you don't know the word in Thai ?

Pardon me? Mai Kao Jai, ich nicht sprechen zi thai, khun poot passat Thai Dai mai?

Hahaha this post will be getting removed it's not in English, in fact it is actually not in any language complete garbage, my fingers ran away with me 🤪

18 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

If it was me I would have grabbed his head and smashed it into the counter.

Too be clear,whose head?

 

1 hour ago, Gandtee said:

So if I asked an American policeman, "Where can I buy some fags for my mate"? It would be a problem?😉

Not unless you had a standing Hampton when speaking with him. 

Only part of this fable I believed is that the a-hole is a Brit.

I find just about every foreigner, especially cloggies, noggies and Aussies all arrogant...they come here on their pension after working stacking shelves in a supermarket, get a bought for bar girl wife and think they are superman

32 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

If it was me I would have grabbed his head and smashed it into the counter.

I think you posted on the wrong thread, mate. You want that other thread about 'What it takes to make a Keyboard Warrior'.