"Fat bald pig hasn't as much money as he made out and I thought all falang were meant to have big nobs compared to Thai men?"

Same, same, but I could care less if I don't have to hear it!

Its hard to tell, as i dont speak the lingo.

Anyway, I think the g/f has some sort of speech impediment - keeps saying Kwai all the time.

dudmeuster, next time when your g/f saying....kwai, listen carefully. When the Thais using the word 'kwai' referring to somene, it is usually in the derogatary terms, sorry have to say right out.

I'll give some examples, these are commonly used in everyday life by the Thais:

"Daam-muan-kwai" = As dark (skin) as the buffalo. You know most Thais worship light skin.

"Keekiet-muan-kwai" = As lazy as the buffalo.

" Ngo-muan-kwai" = As stupid idiot like the buffalo.

Word of warning, better not say "Ngo-muan-kwai" to any Thai male, he might send you on the trip to a hospital. Most Thais feel very offended especially with this expression . Well, I guess it the same we call someone 'A Pig' in the US.

G54 got about right, as he put it ...."that's why she is my ex..." , me thinks G54 must be have a deep root of Thai language culture. HE certainly can take care himself.

if you don't do anything you aren't proud of, then anything said about you will be okay

Its hard to tell, as i dont speak the lingo.

Anyway, I think the g/f has some sort of speech impediment - keeps saying Kwai all the time.

dudmeuster, next time when your g/f saying....kwai, listen carefully. When the Thais using the word 'kwai' referring to somene, it is usually in the derogatary terms, sorry have to say right out.

I'll give some examples, these are commonly used in everyday life by the Thais:

"Daam-muan-kwai" = As dark (skin) as the buffalo. You know most Thais worship light skin.

"Keekiet-muan-kwai" = As lazy as the buffalo.

" Ngo-muan-kwai" = As stupid idiot like the buffalo.

Word of warning, better not say "Ngo-muan-kwai" to any Thai male, he might send you on the trip to a hospital. Most Thais feel very offended especially with this expression . Well, I guess it the same we call someone 'A Pig' in the US.

G54 got about right, as he put it ...."that's why she is my ex..." , me thinks G54 must be have a deep root of Thai language culture. HE certainly can take care himself.

If the guy cant read & speak thai to a decent level how could he possibly determine whether his gf/wife is saying ไกว , ไขว่ , ไขว้ or ควาย These words on their own all mean something different and also put into phrases/contexts can mean many different things (actually the word for "buffalo" is one of the easiest because it is one of the consonant rhymes you learn when reciting the thai alphabet)

Regarding "Ngo"..I presume you mean โง่ , i reckon this consonant (ง) has to be the hardest/most unnatural to come to grips with , amateur speakers usually fall back to a ( ห ) sound, which can make for some interesting spoken faux pas So best to leave the "Ngo" phrases alone until you've mastered the oral gymnastics to pronounce it.

Its hard to tell, as i dont speak the lingo.

Anyway, I think the g/f has some sort of speech impediment - keeps saying Kwai all the time.

dudmeuster, next time when your g/f saying....kwai, listen carefully. When the Thais using the word 'kwai' referring to somene, it is usually in the derogatary terms, sorry have to say right out.

I'll give some examples, these are commonly used in everyday life by the Thais:

"Daam-muan-kwai" = As dark (skin) as the buffalo. You know most Thais worship light skin.

"Keekiet-muan-kwai" = As lazy as the buffalo.

" Ngo-muan-kwai" = As stupid idiot like the buffalo.

Word of warning, better not say "Ngo-muan-kwai" to any Thai male, he might send you on the trip to a hospital. Most Thais feel very offended especially with this expression . Well, I guess it the same we call someone 'A Pig' in the US.

G54 got about right, as he put it ...."that's why she is my ex..." , me thinks G54 must be have a deep root of Thai language culture. HE certainly can take care himself.

If the guy cant read & speak thai to a decent level how could he possibly determine whether his gf/wife is saying ไกว , ไขว่ , ไขว้ or ควาย These words on their own all mean something different and also put into phrases/contexts can mean many different things (actually the word for "buffalo" is one of the easiest because it is one of the consonant rhymes you learn when reciting the thai alphabet)

Regarding "Ngo"..I presume you mean โง่ , i reckon this consonant (ง) has to be the hardest/most unnatural to come to grips with , amateur speakers usually fall back to a ( ห ) sound, which can make for some interesting spoken faux pas So best to leave the "Ngo" phrases alone until you've mastered the oral gymnastics to pronounce it.

Yes, I know what you mean, Thai words are hard to master the language.

Even a native Thai like myself was dread on this subject in school.

Most foreigners have troble distinquishing the tone, try pronounce these words (in Thai) ...tiger, mat, blouse, seems quite frustrate, isn't it ?

quoted.....".Regarding "Ngo"..I presume you mean โง่ ,....." glad you got it all right. since it hard for amateur speakers to master this word perfectly, I guess they're getting away fron offending some Thais at sometimes. Good for them.

Ignorance is a bliss. :jerk:

At least if they`re talking about me, than they would not be talking about someone else.

Sticks and bones may -----------------

Love me or hate me, who cares?

My gf never speaks bad of me and never yak yaks about how much money we have or furure investments.She gets well fed up when my mates gf/wives continue to yak about their worth,how much they have,how much hubby gives them as an allowance,are these ladies maids or what.

Now thats a bloody first aint it.

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Edited March 28, 200917 yr by OxfordWill