Chuwit in parliament to bid farewell to politics

[rooster59]

Chuwit in parliament to bid farewell to politics

 

BANGKOK:-- Former Rak Prathet Thailand (Thailand) party leader Chuwit Kamolvisit visited the parliament on Friday to declare his decision to quit politics as a politician.

 

He brought with him a transistor and announced his intention to donate an unspecified number of transistors to the government so they can be distributed to people in flood-stricken southern provinces so that they can tune in to government broadcasts.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/chuwit-parliament-bid-farewell-politics/

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-01-21

 

[impulse]

Yup. people in flooded areas need more transistors...

 

Edit: I'd have gone with batteries myself- if I were donating some part of a transistor radio.

[smedly]

I suspect the first of many who no longer want to take the risk at the trough - being a politician is not quite as lucrative as it once was - honestly doesn't pay

[tukkytuktuk]

Quit politics? What politics? Oh he means future politics if allowed.

[ddavidovsky]

He will be missed.

[tukkytuktuk]

He will be missed.

He will, his character, charisma and charm. Next up is the channel 3 anchor Sorayuth. I hope he gets an equally fair trial and after he's paid his debts to society will also be enthusiastically welcomed back to the fold.

[tx22cb]

Mark my words - he'll be back when democracy returns.

He's very entertaining, and the Thai public love him.

[HerbalEd]

On 1/21/2017 at 7:41 AM, impulse said:

Yup. people in flooded areas need more transistors...

 

Edit: I'd have gone with batteries myself- if I were donating some part of a transistor radio.

It's very easy to criticize. However, Chuwit is actually giving and you're only talking.

[impulse]

16 minutes ago, HerbalEd said:

It's very easy to criticize. However, Chuwit is actually giving and you're only talking.

 

Take a chill pill.  Who's criticizing Chuwit?  I'm poking fun at crappy reporting and editing, and it's a valid criticism.

 

He didn't give away transistors. He gave away transistor radios.

[HerbalEd]

22 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Take a chill pill.  Who's criticizing Chuwit?  I'm poking fun at crappy reporting and editing, and it's a valid criticism.

 

He didn't give away transistors. He gave away transistor radios.

"Transistors" are what the Thai's call what you call a "transistor radio."

[impulse]

51 minutes ago, HerbalEd said:

"Transistors" are what the Thai's call what you call a "transistor radio."

 

I'll concede that one to you, since there is an ancient (in electronics terms) history of referring to them a "transistors" in English.  I had to weed through dozens of Google links to find the reference- but it was there.  Score 1 for HerbalEd.

 

But I still laugh in the general direction of a news outlet called "English News" that refers to transistor radios as "transistors", just as I would poke fun at them for discussing a velocipede ride through Lumpini Reserve.  It's poor editing for an outlet targeted at English speakers. 

[ratcatcher]

7 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

I'll concede that one to you, since there is an ancient (in electronics terms) history of referring to them a "transistors" in English.  I had to weed through dozens of Google links to find the reference- but it was there.  Score 1 for HerbalEd.

 

But I still laugh in the general direction of a news outlet called "English News" that refers to transistor radios as "transistors", just as I would poke fun at them for discussing a velocipede ride through Lumpini Reserve.  It's poor editing for an outlet targeted at English speakers. 

You may also be shocked to learn that a transistor radio is sometimes referred to as a "tranny", a word that causes offence to some people.

[impulse]

19 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

You may also be shocked to learn that a transistor radio is sometimes referred to as a "tranny", a word that causes offence to some people.

 

I've heard that one.  Tranny makes sense as a shortened version (2 syllables) of transistor radio (6 syllables).  

 

We mostly called them radios or pocket radios after the novelty wore off.  The word transistor became a given (and not required- nerdy in fact) if you could carry it with you.  The word radio defined what it was.  And we never referred to them as integrated circuit radios when the single transistor became obsolete.

 

But I digress.  Bottom line, I wasn't criticizing Chuwit as accused.

 

Edit:  But BTW, one more dig.  I'm American and I have a hard time comprehending conversations with my British, Irish and (especially) my Scottish co-workers.  Just as I often have to listen very hard to understand my Thai co-workers.  But I can read BBC, Reuters, Telegraph and any other British news outlet and have absolutely no trouble.  That's what editors and translators are for- making sure the language is current, correct and transcends dialects.  I can't say the same about reading Thai generated "English" news sources.  They don't seem to put out (or pay for) the effort to make sure it's readable across dialects.