"extracting The Chingchong "

[snowleopard]

I might be suffering from a mild form of schizophrenia

Don't tell me, Snow leopard, but you're in 2 minds about it?

Just taking the piss.

Scouse.

Taking the piss out of schizophrenia sufferers hey!

On behalf of all cyber-schizophrenics out there,here's a beautiful little poem to enhance public acceptance of their abnormalities and advocate understanding of their plight!

"Roses are red and violets are blue

I'm a schizophrenic and.....me too"

Cheers.

Snowleopard.

[snowleopard]

ล้อเล่น (law len) is the closest Thai equivalent I know of "taking the piss" - it means 'to tease somebody, to lead somebody on, to be shitting somebody, to "######" with somebody'.

Fairly close to "taking the piss" as I understand it, correct me if I'm wrong though.

I find it pretty unlikely that such a weird expression as "taking the piss" would have an almost exact Thai equivalent.

An excellent site on the etymology of several English swearwords and expressions can be found at BBC.

The only Thais who would understand what 'taking the piss' means would be the ones who hang out with Commonwealth farangs and who are fluent enough in English to get what it means.

I'd say it's a lot more likely that your average Thai, if asked about it, would understand "taking the piss" to mean the same thing as "taking A piss", which of course does have a close equivalent in "pai / chii / ching chong / ying krataai / yiaw /".

ล้อเล่น (law len) is the closest Thai equivalent I know of "taking the piss" - it means 'to tease somebody, to lead somebody on, to be shitting somebody, to "######" with somebody'.

Fairly close to "taking the piss" as I understand it, correct me if I'm wrong though.

Hi there Meadish S.!

I think ล้อเล่น "loh len" is quite a good choice for explaining the English idiom "taking the piss" to Thais;but,in my semantic interpretation and concept of "loh len",it's a bit too nice and soft to convey the whole sense of the "taking the piss out of someone"!

Because the meaning of "taking the piss out of someone" could be "mocking a person",I'd suggest some of the following Thai terms!

1.หัวเราะเยาะ="hua-roh yoh"=laugh at,mock,gibe,sneer,snicker,snigger etc.

2.เยาะเย้ย="yoh-yehy"=mock,ridicule,laugh at,make fun of,deride,sneer,chaff etc.

3.เย้ยหยัน="yehy yan"=mock,ridicule,laugh at,make fun of,deride etc.

4.ไยไพ="yay phay"=mock,ridicule

5.ดูถูก="doo took"=scorn,insult

6.ดูหมิ่น="doo min"=scorn,insult,dishonor,disgrace

7.สบประมาท="sob pra-maht"=belittle

8.ปรามาส="prah-maht"=contempt,insult

Because "taking the piss" also can mean "exploitation",I'd say this sentence could be used in that sense:

1.การใช้หาประโยชน์อย่างไม่ถูกต้อง=gahn chai hah pra-yoht yahng mai took-dtong"=to exploit someone.

What's your opinion on these terms?Is anyone of the above close to "taking the piss"?

Cheers.

Snowleopard.

Snowleopard,

My take on the closest "taking the piss" in Thai would be your #1 "hua-roh yoh".

And after one "takes the piss" out of another, they may become "Jai Noi"! Or in the case of a bald guy, "hua laan, kee jai noi"!

Best,

Boon Mee

Howdy! (Boon mee is a cool name )

Thanks for having introduced a couple of nice words into our Thai language forum.

I took the liberty and translated your terms into English for the benefit of readers who don't know them yet.

Here we go!

1.ใจน้อย "jai noi"=touchy,testy,sensitive,easily offended etc.

2.ล้าน "lahn"=bald,hairless (ที่หัวล้าน tee hua lahn;or,ศรีษะล้าน "sri-sa lahn)

3.หัว "hua"=head

Cheers.

Snowleopard.

[Mr.StickyRice]

I know "pai ying kratai" has been mentioned before, but I think it is one of the funniest/interesting ways to say "go pee".

(go piss on a rabbit?)

From what I have learned it is only used by men, and is very informal.

Anyone know what the female version of "pai ying kratai" would be?