Pattaya Pride! Pattaya Has Arrived.

[Acquiesce]

Pattaya is a good place to go if you want to be surrounded by foreigners and signs in English.

[Jingthing]

Pattaya is a good place to go if you want to be surrounded by foreigners and signs in English.

True, like I said, cosmopolitan means many foreigners. Any cosmopolitan city will have lots of English signs as English is the dominant language in the world today.

[JetsetBkk]

I think Jingthing should be made honorary farang tourism minister for Pattaya.

I'm very much tempted to pop down there and see what's going on....

[onzestan]

English is the dominant language in the world today.

Although I agree whith most of what you're saying, this is not entirely true.

Most spoken language in the world is Chinese, second Spanish and English third.

For the rest keep it up although I doubt that you will change the mind of Pattaya haters.

cheers

Onzestan

[Jingthing]

Most spoken language in the world is Chinese, second Spanish and English third.

Granted, on numbers alone.

But try to get by on Chinese in Buenos Aires, Athens, Tokyo, Paris, Rome, Addis Ababa, Montreal, Mexico City, and on and on. For international travel, commerce, communication, English is without a doubt the dominant language.

[Jingthing]

I think Jingthing should be made honorary farang tourism minister for Pattaya.

Why thank you so much, but I can't be working on a retirement visa.

You might ask WEHO though.

[Sanpatong]

That's where the honorary comes in; you don't have to actually do work.

[cdnvic]

That's where the honorary comes in; you don't have to actually do work.

The Thai government is loaded with honorary people.

[HarryHacker]

I think Jingthing should be made honorary farang tourism minister for Pattaya.

Why thank you so much, but I can't be working on a retirement visa.

You might ask WEHO though.

I thought that was Brits role, year after year he tirelessly, against all odds and reason defends the reputation of Pattaya on every known forum to mankind.

[britmaveric]

^^You give me too much credit mate, however I do defend Patters against the ill-informed bashing mob that have nought better to do.

Edited October 24, 2007 by britmaveric

[Jingthing]

In any case, the bashers are in retreat and silent for now. A small victory for objectivity and Thai sanuk.

For those bashers suffering from heart failure when realizing that Pattaya is indeed the most cosmopolitan city in Thailand, perhaps we should be good sports and set up a special fund for their care?

Edited October 24, 2007 by Jingthing

[stevemiddie]

English is the dominant language in the world today.

Although I agree whith most of what you're saying, this is not entirely true.

Most spoken language in the world is Chinese, second Spanish and English third.

For the rest keep it up although I doubt that you will change the mind of Pattaya haters.

cheers

Onzestan

Statistics. Depends on where they are obtained from.

Most spoken language is not " Chinese " It is Mandarin ( China predominately uses Mandarin, Wu and Cantonese )

Spanish could be considered second by numbers alone. However, it is spoken widely in approx 20 countries. English is widely used in 115 countires. I think that makes English the dominant language.....certainly in terms of business.

But there again.................those are statistics i,ve obtained. Others will obtain statistics that show Icelandic to be the dominant language in errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Iceland ( maybe )

<a href="http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/worldlang.htm" target="_blank">http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/worldlang.htm</a>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_langu...native_speakers

WOW! Wayyyyyyyyy off topic i think.

Edited October 24, 2007 by stevemiddie

[Jingthing]

Pattaya named World Whore-itage Site by Conde Nasty travel magazine. (Just kidding.)

[Jingthing]

And now we have taxis! What next? Maybe an opera house?

http://www.pattayamail.com/current/news.shtml#hd6

Edited November 2, 2007 by Jingthing

[JetsetBkk]

And now we have taxis! What next? Maybe an opera house?

Can I suggest a monorail? A popsicle stick skyscraper? A 50-foot magnifying glass? An escalator to nowhere?