flyingsaucersarereal Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I was in Central Plaza Pattaya last night and saw a Russian woman talking to a Thai man getting annoyed that he didn't understand what she wanted. She was trying to buy some seafood in the Grocery Store they have in the mall. (she was speaking Russian) Here is my big thing about this. We all should learn to speak Thai as best as we can we are in there country it only makes sense. But if you don't speak Thai I am sorry your next best bet is speaking English. Why? Because English is the most commonly used language throughout the world. It is the closest thing we have to a universal language. I am not saying that my native language is better than yours its just more common for people to know it than Russian. How can you travel to a place like Thailand and not speak Thai or English it seems crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsaucersarereal Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sustento Posted October 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2014 English expect Thai people to speak English? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooloomooloo Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'm going to be roused from my slumber in about seven hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Amazing. A tourist hopes that in a supposedly top quality establishment someone should be able to serve them. Its tough out there in business...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R2A588/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=livintha09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R2A588 duh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsaucersarereal Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R2A588/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=livintha09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R2A588 duh!! Exactly translate it into Thai or English but did they have that no. All they were doing is getting mad that a Thai couldn't understand Russian. Edited October 28, 2014 by flyingsaucersarereal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkkgooner Posted October 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2014 Amazing. A tourist hopes that in a supposedly top quality establishment someone should be able to serve them. Its tough out there in business...... people working in shopping malls are now expected to know Russian? What are you on about? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsaucersarereal Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Amazing. A tourist hopes that in a supposedly top quality establishment someone should be able to serve them. Its tough out there in business...... people working in shopping malls are now expected to know Russian? What are you on about? That it is ridiculous to expect Thai people to speak Russian. Russian people should speak Thai its Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R2A588/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=livintha09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R2A588 duh!! Exactly translate it into Thai or English but did they have that no. All they were doing is getting mad that a Thai couldn't understand Russian. then you should have suggested that instead of saying they shouldnt visit thailand!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsaucersarereal Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 They shouldn't until they learn to speak Thai or English so they can communicate with someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R2A588/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=livintha09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R2A588 duh!! Exactly translate it into Thai or English but did they have that no. All they were doing is getting mad that a Thai couldn't understand Russian. then you should have suggested that instead of saying they shouldnt visit thailand!! All he said was should talk thai or English he did not say to come to thailand read it again and by the way I agree with him I can talk thai and English and get by but if you can't talk thai and English you should try and if not try and get by it is thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 They shouldn't until they learn to speak Thai or English so they can communicate with someone lol! like i said, the ministry of tourism would love you! lol. an electronic dictionary or voice translator can easily suffice for a good holiday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Moved to Pub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 They shouldn't until they learn to speak Thai or English so they can communicate with someone Ridiculous!! No one learns the language of every country they take a vacation to, except maybe a few words/phrases. Why should Thailand be a special case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) English expect Thai people to speak English? Oh for the good old days , mind you nothing has changed ,in my old home town ,you still get Indians driving white men around ,but now its in a taxi and you have to pay. Edited October 29, 2014 by i claudius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 There are certain nationalities that will always address others in their language and stubbornly continue even when it is obvious to all concerned that the listener cannot understand a word. It strikes me as a form of stupidity that the speaker has no other strategy to enable basic communication, perhaps tinged with an unwillingness to cede any power. I found mainland Chinese seem to show this trait very strongly and some Brits too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachproperty Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) My travel experiences started when I was 15 (1968)...a trip to Europe. I spoke a little spanish, Italian and french. I was in Spain and the following scene occured......I wanted to cash a cashier check , so went into a small shop where I heard In LOUD English (with a Texas drawl) from an overdressed heavy set woman screaming at the cashier "What do you mean you don't speak english, EVERYONE speaks english" and huffed out. Although, I am an American I learned quickly what the phrase "Ugly American" meant. As for me in that situation I spoke quietly in my limited spanish that I was sorry to see the situation occur but was in need of cashing a cashier check, to which she responded in perfect english "no problem"....in the end, I just laughed. I guess with all the new money Russians have and the ability to travel we are just experiencing the "Ugly Russians" Edited October 29, 2014 by beachproperty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namdocmai Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I have seen the same, on the beach some Russians wanted to rent beachbeds and spoke russian to the Thai. I was laying right next to them so i could hear them speaking. Finally the Thai tried to speak russian back to them which worked so they took some beds, bought some fruit and had a happy day. Also i don't understand how French can survive in Thailand, they even can't order (or refuse to speak english) a glass of water in the plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Not stay at home, but also not get upset if nobody speaks your native language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitti Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I've seen this American yelling at French guy at Charles de Gaulle. "SPEAK ENGLISH!!! SPEAK ENGLISH!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!! Not stay at home, but also not get upset if nobody speaks your native language. that goes without saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Flying saucers expect thai people to speak English? What next .... Thai people start making Yorkshire pudding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sir So let me get this right, all non thai/english speakers, on a 2 week holiday, should learnt thai before they come here, silly silly silly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 AH ... the OP, he's just having a wee chuckle at our expense. Productive, but not creative mind you. Each to their own. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Traveller Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sales 101: Don't expect the buyer to learn the language of the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sales 101: Don't expect the buyer to learn the language of the seller. buying 101: don't shop in a place that you dont understand whats for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namdocmai Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sales 101: Don't expect the buyer to learn the language of the seller. buying 101: don't shop in a place that you dont understand whats for sale. Our moobaan has huge advertisings in english, at the highway and all over the place itself. When you go to the "main office" to the "customer service" whatever department they named in english don't expect anybody to speak english there. When you go to our own 108 shop there they can speak english. There are thousands of houses here and they like to show farang and farangdogs on their advertisings as well so i think it's a shame nobody speaks english. Then also they shouldn't advertise in english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 "farangdogs". I like this concept and I like your turn of phrase. I am going to add this to my repertoire and drop this one into conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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