A Difficult Thaivisa Xmas Quiz

[andrew]

OK -- forum wannabees, try this......................

EASY QUESTIONS

Question 1

What's the odd one out?

a. yee-sip Baht

b. see-sip Baht

c. song-sip Baht

Question 2

Which is wrong?

a. sam pan Baht

b. yee-sip pan Baht

c. see pan Baht

TRICKY STUFF

Question 3

Why is it hard to order two packets of cigarettes?

Question 4

Why do the words "near" and "far" cause confusion?

HARDER STUFF

Question 5

What's the difference between a "chin" and a "tua"?

Question 6

If I start work at 9am, how is it that I also start work at 3 O'clock?

LET'S SORT THE MEN FROM THE BOYS

Question 7

Can you name all 39 provinces in Thailand (spot the deliberate error)?

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

[Rooo]

Moved to Pub.

[NanLaew]

....whereupon it languished, never fully recovered and eventually expired.

[gmac]

....whereupon it languished, never fully recovered and eventually expired.

Hopefully!

[uptheos]

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

[eyebee]

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

[rgs2001uk]

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

1. sometimes shortened to yip, as in yiphaa baht for 25 baht.

2. meun

3. different spelling, different pronounciation.

7. I thought it was 77?

[eyebee]

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

1. sometimes shortened to yip, as in yiphaa baht for 25 baht.

2. meun

3. different spelling, different pronounciation.

7. I thought it was 77?

Yes, 77, but only if you include Bangkok as a province, though it's technically a Special Administrative Area.

[andrew]

1. Song-sip baht is wrong (should be yee-sip)

2. Yee-sip pan baht (they have another word for 10,000)

3. The Thai word for "pack" is song (same as two)

6. Thais divide the day into 4 (0 to 5, 6 to 12 etc)

7. I thought there were 76 provinces

Good!

[andrew]

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

So .. you got the easy one.

[andrew]

....whereupon it languished, never fully recovered and eventually expired.

Your life story?

[krisb]

Andrew you make me tink too mutt as David would say.

[krisb]

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

So .. you got the easy one.

Ok quiz master Andrew, can you sing Rudolph in Thai?

[Songhua]

1. C

2. B (song meun)

3. song song (different tones)

4. klai and klai (same sound, different tones)

5. one's a piece, one's a whole one

6. because 7am is dtii neung

7. trick question

8. no, but I used to be able to sing the whole KrungThepMahaNakorn song.

[Songhua]

7/8 for the above. Which one is wrong?

[andrew]

1. C

2. B (song meun)

3. song song (different tones)

4. klai and klai (same sound, different tones)

5. one's a piece, one's a whole one

6. because 7am is dtii neung

7. trick question

8. no, but I used to be able to sing the whole KrungThepMahaNakorn song.

Question 6

If I start work at 9am, how is it that I also start work at 3 O'clock?

You are basically right. You understand it all, but you may have misread question 6.

I think you MUST know that time in Thailand (particularly in the provinces) starts at 6am. So what we think of as 9am is actually 3 o'clock to many of them.

As for being able to sing Rudolph the red nosed reindeer in Thai, no way can I do that! But I reckon a few Eurasians (luk-kreungs) could, and I'd bet that Andrew Biggs could, too.

[andrew]

That's some quiz, I could only get one right!

Question 8

Can you sing "Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer" in Thai?

So .. you got the easy one.

Ok quiz master Andrew, can you sing Rudolph in Thai?

100% no way. I could probably only get about as far as "see daeng"!