Tit

[angiud]

Everything we don't like, we don't understand, we want to complain, we think wrong...

TIT

I think we have a better way to explain, to ask or to analyze thet just say TIT

[phaethon]

Everything we don't like, we don't understand, we want to complain, we think wrong...

TIT

I think we have a better way to explain, to ask or to analyze thet just say TIT

Admit it, you just like big TITs...

[Moonrakers]

Everything we don't like, we don't understand, we want to complain, we think wrong...

TIT

I think we have a better way to explain, to ask or to analyze thet just say TIT

Ask a Thai to explain, analyze something here and see what response you get!

[PeaceBlondie]

That acronym bothers me only because it is spelled like mammary glands. But it annoys me that the phrase, written or shortened, is usually little more than a cliché that does not say enough. We often see it used to cover a multitude of sins like graft or illogic, or our own stupidity for thinking Thailand must be identical to the Thames or TurkeyTown.

[Ricardo]

Don't like it ? Tough TiTty ! Thanks to Trink, it is part of the language, Sorry 'bout that.

[PeaceBlondie]

That acronym bothers me only because it is spelled like mammary glands. But it annoys me that the phrase, written or shortened, is usually little more than a cliché that does not say enough. We often see it used to cover a multitude of sins like graft or illogic, or our own stupidity for thinking Thailand must be identical to the Thames or TurkeyTown.

[Gary A]

Unfortunately that "TiT" is the ONLY way to explain many of the things that confuse us. Sorry, there is no logical answer.

[HorseDoctor]

HOw 'bout TIFT

[1000baht]

HOw 'bout TIFT

....usually followed by " what can you do? " " Up to you"

[candoman89]

Sigh; just came back from trying to open a bank account for a new company at SCB on Sukhumvit Soi 11. We had, on instructions from SCB main office via telephone, taken copies of all the required documents. Unfortunately this small branch didn't have a clue and insisted that we need originals and we also are missing "minutes of the meeting showing we want to open a bank account"

As we were coming home I asked my engineer, rhetorically, do they really need to see the minutes of the meeting saying..."open a bank account"?

His response (if you can believe it and remember he is Thai)...................................................TIT

And I don't use TIT in place of a reason for something being not the same as home. When people (newcomers obviously) ask me what TIT means I tell them it is an all encompassing reason for doing something that has absolutely no basis in logic.

[Moonrakers]

Once I needed to pay a bill for true internet, and at the same time have the service disconnected because we where moving house.

We arrive at the shop and take our ticket, wait for around 45 minutes until our number came up and then approached the counter.

As it turned out at that counter I could only pay the rental bill and not pay for the disconnection. Despite my protests at how ridiculous it was, after a while I conceded, paid the rental bill and took another ticket and queued to pay for the disconnection.

When my number came up after 45 minutes for the second time I again approached the desk only to find that I was going to dealt with by the SAME girl at the SAME counter.

Well I was just about speechless at the sheer lack of logic and common sense shown and also how noncholant (sp) the staff where.

I looked at a Thai who was with me and without my even saying a word he simply said.................. Need I tell you what he said?

Edited December 4, 2008 by globalj

[GuestHouse]

HANG ON A MINUTE......

On another day we might read a battle of words between people complaining about some aspect of life in Thailand and others telling them to accept Thailand as it is.

Is not the term TiT exactly that, a statement that This is Thailand and that's they way it is?

I take the view that this most frequently used 'Trinkism' is popular in our speach and writing because it absolutely does encapsulate and express something people feel about life in Thailand.

[PhilHarries]

Don't like it ? Tough TiTty ! Thanks to Trink, it is part of the language, Sorry 'bout that.

Trink was held to be responsible for many things in Thailand but of all of them TiT is the least likely. TiT has been around, in many variations, for as long as people have travelled (I first encountered it as TiV - Venezuela - back in '90).

It is a little condecending and I personally try and avoid using it. But sometimes it is just the perfect way to defuse a frustrating situation. I wonder if Thais, and other nationalities, when in, say, the UK have a saying TiE (This is England) . I know there are times when I am "home" I think that way.

[neverdie]

Once I needed to pay a bill for true internet, and at the same time have the service disconnected because we where moving house.

We arrive at the shop and take our ticket, wait for around 45 minutes until our number came up and then approached the counter.

As it turned out at that counter I could only pay the rental bill and not pay for the disconnection. Despite my protests at how ridiculous it was, after a while I conceded, paid the rental bill and took another ticket and queued to pay for the disconnection.

When my number came up after 45 minutes for the second time I again approached the desk only to find that I was going to dealt with by the SAME girl at the SAME counter.

Well I was just about speechless at the sheer lack of logic and common sense shown and also how noncholant (sp) the staff where.

I looked at a Thai who was with me and without my even saying a word he simply said.................. Need I tell you what he said?

That is Terrific (TIT) What a story.....why am i not surprised?

[sabaijai]

It's a case of huMAN natURE.

[DC1066]

Pretty much every time I or someone I know uses the phrase TIT, it is done affectionately and with a smile.

We use it because Thailand is different and logic - if there is any logic at all in Thai thought - is completely different to how the Western world would define logic and its not used to say Thailand is bad or stupid - just different.

I for one will keep saying TIT

[fredfromalaska]

i think when people use tit they referring to the stupidity found in thailand! please no need to sugarcoat things. people get conufsed!

[DC1066]

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments earlier.

I and MOST people I know use the term affectionately. No need to sugar coat things. When things are stupid I'll say stupid.

TIT

TIT

There you go, a pair of TITs

[digitele]

I take the view that this most frequently used 'Trinkism' is popular in our speach and writing because it absolutely does encapsulate and express something people feel about life in Thailand.

Yep. Trink had it right. One problemooo.....He was ignoring the cooking pot. It went from always simmering to boiling.

TIT December 4 2551 / 2008. Call it 2009 / 2552. Basing old opinions on TIT. TIT is in serious forward flux.

It's a beach. 21st century and all. Change, serious change is inevintable. Good or bad - Change. Wanna' bet?

One more thing GH..as you are quite on the high road here on TV, and in SA. Wow, great speach.

Respectfully. I like your posts actually.

If you post back in a negative sense, I will look for support from Nam, formally Dr Nam. I want his take on this....