WhamBam Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 It can be great fun to try some simple tongue twisters on your Thai partner or friends who speak some English. One of my favourites has been getting them to quickly repeat 'Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry'. As we know they have difficulty with the letter R. The results have been hilarious. More complicated, even for English speakers would be repeating this very fast ..... I am a pheasant plucker, I am a pheasant pluckers son, I love plucking pheasants all day long. ( The obvious inference being plucker gets mixed with f*****). What have you got in the way of good tongue twisters you might have tried on your Thai partner or on others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Pay attention. Does she call you 'darling' or 'dackling'. A very subtle subtle difference in tone but I understand the latter refers to a pig's hindquarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Pay attention. Does she call you 'darling' or 'dackling'. A very subtle subtle difference in tone but I understand the latter refers to a pig's hindquarters. I thought ling is monkey in Lao and it basically translates into monkey's bum . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Basically it means pig's 'ar**' which I'm not sure is allowed on TV. As I said, pay attention. We ourselves joke about it but Madam emphasises on a bad day (we all have them) just to make sure the meaning is loud and clear. OK, you ask a pig to make an online banking transfer, especialy using the part below his tail. Such is the life we enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Mine keep saying that she's a peasant <deleted>***r and a peasant <deleted>***r son..... and now she got stuck on it... what have I done? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Ranong, Rayong, Yala... A Thai favourite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 From what I remember the pheasant plucker tongue twister is: I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant puckers son, I'm only plucking pheasants until the pheasant plucker comes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwynt Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I told my wife I was going to meet a friend who was visiting on business his name is Richard Robinson, her reply "I'm not going to try to say that". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kovaltech Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Pay attention. Does she call you 'darling' or 'dackling'. A very subtle subtle difference in tone but I understand the latter refers to a pig's hindquarters. dack is the hind, ling is a monkey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 In the car, I do this one with my inece and she seems to enjoy it… lsurring the ending cause it is too long to remember... How much wood, could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetchy Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Not strictly a tongue twister, but a good example of how similar some Thai words sound to the average farang. Get you wife/gf to say "Who sells chicken eggs?" in Thai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater 7 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Try teaching her Christmas carols. Then record. Hilarious! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BWPattaya Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Pay attention. Does she call you 'darling' or 'dackling'. A very subtle subtle difference in tone but I understand the latter refers to a pig's hindquarters. Darkling refers to a prolapsed rectum on a monkey. My ex once told me that she could pronounce her "R"s and to demonstrate it she said "Lun Labbit Lun Labbit Lun Labbit Lun" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docno Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Basically it means pig's 'ar**' which I'm not sure is allowed on TV. As I said, pay attention. We ourselves joke about it but Madam emphasises on a bad day (we all have them) just to make sure the meaning is loud and clear. OK, you ask a pig to make an online banking transfer, especialy using the part below his tail. Such is the life we enjoy. 'Ling' is Thai/Isaan/Lao for monkey, not pig. 'Duk' is Isaan/Lao for butt. I hope your wife isn't calling you 'dukmoo' and telling you it means 'honey' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter1882 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Try saying seven yachts in thai, jet reua yort.....see if you get a smile, especially if you say jort (to moor or park) without finishing your sentence.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanng khao Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Polish it behind the door,said fast three times, brings a little smile, i use to give her a piece of paper with please turn over wrote on both sides, kept her quiet for hours.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 A fair amount of things get twisted between my partner and me...but tongues are not among them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBWG Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Roland rides in a red rolls royce TBWG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My wife speaks very good english after living in the UK for many years but when she had to deal with an Indian client on the phone she gave up and asked me to speak to him ,she couldnt understand a word ,listening to her on the phone repeating or trying to repeat what he said was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phra Ek Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 - ask her to say "Squirrel". One of life's simple pleasures that one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lahgon29 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 - ask her to say "Squirrel". One of life's simple pleasures that one. Another one of life's pleasures...Parallel...Maybe Parallel squirrels could do It?...I'll try this arvo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 The blue butterfly with the blue umbrella?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Oh how delightful a bloke that gets his jolly's by making fun of his partner by teasing her in a language that isn't her native tongue. What's the encore maybe you could trip her while she has her hands full.. what a hoot. How do you go when she tries you out on Thai tongue twisters? Because you would have to be fluent in Thai of course? so that your missus wouldn't possibly be able to make fun of your command of the Thai language. Unbelievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Whambam, not sure about your 'pheasant plucker,' I always heard it as: "I'm not a fig plucker, nor a fig plucker's son, but I'll pluck figs until the fig plucker comes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Floater 7 Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 It helps if you both have a sense of humor. And she knows you think it's cute, and not just making fun of her. Others might get mad, and take you and themselves too seriously. Like a lot of Farangs do. I stay away from those types. No fun, and life too short. I'm a ting tong, and so are my girlfriends. 555 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gandtee Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Oh how delightful a bloke that gets his jolly's by making fun of his partner by teasing her in a language that isn't her native tongue. What's the encore maybe you could trip her while she has her hands full.. what a hoot. How do you go when she tries you out on Thai tongue twisters? Because you would have to be fluent in Thai of course? so that your missus wouldn't possibly be able to make fun of your command of the Thai language. Unbelievable Mr. PC. Do you not have a sense of humour? Bah! Humbug! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rusty Keyhole Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Oh how delightful a bloke that gets his jolly's by making fun of his partner by teasing her in a language that isn't her native tongue. What's the encore maybe you could trip her while she has her hands full.. what a hoot. How do you go when she tries you out on Thai tongue twisters? Because you would have to be fluent in Thai of course? so that your missus wouldn't possibly be able to make fun of your command of the Thai language. Unbelievable I bet you're a barrel of laughs. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smotherb Posted December 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Oh how delightful a bloke that gets his jolly's by making fun of his partner by teasing her in a language that isn't her native tongue. What's the encore maybe you could trip her while she has her hands full.. what a hoot. How do you go when she tries you out on Thai tongue twisters? Because you would have to be fluent in Thai of course? so that your missus wouldn't possibly be able to make fun of your command of the Thai language. Unbelievable You think doing so is an insult instead of being a playful game. Certainly, making fun of someone is a delicate matter and may be even more so in public. It could hurt the person not playfully so inclined. However, in a close relationship one may believe enjoying a good laugh about a loved one is not an insult. My Vietnamese wife was very well-educated and wrote nearly flawless English. However, she had a terrible accent, even using proper English, and she sometimes confused the words in English idioms. We used to joke about it and she would come back at me in French or Vietnamese--it was fun for both of us; often she would initiate the game. Oh, and a "dackling" is a monkey's posterior, "leng" is monkey. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrey24 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My wife, who is Canadian just like me, loves my tongue twisting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingtau Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) One that YOU must master before even thinking of asking others, Thai or otherwise, to attempt! Caution: Not to be used withiin hearing range of young children, unless you wish to stand accused of teaching them a number of s**t words (which, depending on the household, may already have been taught)! The sheet is slit. Who slit the sheet? Whoever slit the sheet Is a good sheet slitter !! Start slowly and work up to normal speed and then try (for advanced level rating) rapid speed. I think you will see the problem very quickly! Another one, which can also pose similar problems to the above is "Rubber baby buggy bumpers" to be repeated as often and as quickly as possible. Recommended - 5 xs to start at slow normal speed Edited December 22, 2014 by Tingtau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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