GuestHouse Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 To what extent is coming on line here to read, chat, argue and joke a substitution for not being able to fully communicate with the Thais around you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorFart Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Quite a lot I'd guess especially when it comes to cultural differences. There have been more than a few occasions when I've just got 'Thai-ed' out and had to head to Bangers or Patters for a weekend of Brit/Irish/Aussie/US pub chat before I went mad. Forums like this help but theres no substitute for some good face tp face banter and a few beers with ones own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas_cars Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 I don't know.I feel I can express myself more freely here in thai language in thailand rather than my mother tongue back in home country.I don't understand why so ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Interesting topic GuestHouse, I guess being able to speak, in my mother tongue, with people is something i do miss a wee bit. That is untill a few people kick off at me, then i go back to Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastender Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 I don't speak Thai very well, and so often communicated in slow simple English. And when I came back to the UK it took me maybe a week or more to stop talking slowly and simply. What I couldn't accept was that my 5 year old niece understood my English better than my Thai university English students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamdomChances Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I sometimes go a few months without seeing or speaking to anther "falang", so yes this forum is a nice place to keep in touch with people, as professor fart said nothing beats good face to face banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sua yai Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I just speak to the wall. Seriously, though, it gets to me sometimes when I can't/don't speak Thai because everyone around me is speaking English. Why am I here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I find myself struggling for the appropriate words in my mother tongue, English, as I do not use it enough. When I do speak English here, I have to dumb it down. There is no point in using big words when they will not be understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorFart Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 When I do speak English here, I have to dumb it down.There is no point in using big words when they will not be understood. Are you talking about this forum Astral!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I usually talk English with the voices in my head. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sua yai Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I must be on the road to ruin. I'm thinking in Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lourens Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 It really gets to me sometimes and THE FORUM is great for chatting and reading English again. Sometimes I can get lost in a book for hours but all of this is still not enough for me. My mother tongue is Afrikaans and if it wasn't for Marty in Pattaya, I wouldn't speak any of that. Even then, I have to think of words to express myself. And Afrikaans is such an expressive language. I miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiMai Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I must be on the road to ruin.I'm thinking in Thai. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You have probably been here too long.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I must be on the road to ruin.I'm thinking in Thai. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You too...........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 When I do speak English here, I have to dumb it down.There is no point in using big words when they will not be understood. Are you talking about this forum Astral!!?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, I was refereing to talking with Thai's, but the same applies in the forum with all the non native English speakers, like the Yanks and Ozzies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sua yai Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 NO!! I just woke up to reality. It hurts and I've got to get my phrasebook again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajarn Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I prefer communicating with farangs in this forum rather than face-to-face in, most cases. Keeps my life more peaceful As for using English or Thai, I feel equally comfortable with either language (not saying my profiency is equal). I simply enjoy communicating with all folks from anywhere on most any topic. I don't fear making language mistakes, only in being misunderstood, but I never lack confidence that I'll be able to make myself clear in any situation even if I do have the language skills of a Prathom student (or annubaan 6? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 No, I was refereing to talking with Thai's,but the same applies in the forum with all the non native English speakers, like the Yanks and Ozzies!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They're more native non-English speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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