Richard W Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Bangkok - Thai word for delicicious - 'Alloy' Correct pronunciation is aroi, not alloy (see reply #12). Gladiator said Bangkok, not Central Thai or Siamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kananga Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Bangkok - Thai word for delicicious - 'Alloy' Correct pronunciation is aroi, not alloy (see reply #12). Gladiator said Bangkok, not Central Thai or Siamese I suppose I should have realised something was up when I noticed he can't spell delicious in English, let alone a romanised version of the Thai word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trembly Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) No it doesn't. Mate, my wife is sitting here beside me correcting my spelling ("don't forget mai ek over law ling, darling") I think she knows what it means. Mr. WorkingTourist is being asked by his gf if she is just a holiday romance for him. It's only a regional accent in the north-east because Lao doesn't natively have Rs at all. Reversion to L when it should really be an R derives from the central plains and is a socio-economic (working class) speech pattern that has lately been adopted by all strata of society as an informal mode of speech. In the south they say their Rs quite clearly and in the north R becomes H. Anyone from the north or south who says L in place of R is speaking or trying to speak central Thai. Edited July 20, 2012 by Trembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDrinker Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) In the south they say their Rs quite clearly and in the north R becomes H. Anyone from the north or south who says L in place of R is speaking or trying to speak central Thai. Also in Chanthaburi (where I learned most of my Thai). They really "roll" their R's there... Edited July 20, 2012 by HeavyDrinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom6996 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Now I have 27 different translations, thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 OK . . . I've been told it's 'slang' and just means "fun love" or "play love" . . . i.e. a gig/kik, a fun relationship with no commitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 ...it simply means: 'love to play around'......or 'love to fool around'...... ........(now plug in a different verb)......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDrinker Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 OK . . . I've been told it's 'slang' and just means "fun love" or "play love" . . . i.e. a gig/kik, a fun relationship with no commitment. Having a gig/kik is NOT a relationship with no commitment....but that's a whole new topic... Now I have 27 different translations, thanks Well I'm sure you get the drift... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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