"You are under arrest, my dear chap!"- Pattaya police learning English

[Xobtsiwt]

And nobody has thought to teach the poor fellows the most basic phrase in the constabulary dictionary?

 

"Ello, 'ello, 'ello, what goin' on 'ere then?" 

 

To which the correct reply is, "It's a fair cop, Guv'nor".

[hottrader77]

1 minute ago, elgordo38 said:

Teach them the meaning of the phrase "Don't talk to me talk to my lawyer"

the thai police dont need that phrase they just get people to beat you up everyday in jail and the sentance you will talk comes to mind 

[spidermike007]

It is so hard for me to take the Thai police seriously, I think if a cop said that to me in english, I would laugh so hard, it would be nearly impossible for them to even handcuff me! 

[pumpjack]

idiots !      it should be a nessesity when first employed or even going through training. 

 

the mind really boggles at such stupidity

[ttrd]

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

30 hours should be enough to learn................... 'You pay me money !'

...18.000 baht so I can protect you more...;)

 

With ref to the chapter about "Firearms"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police

 

 

Edited March 30, 2017 by ttrd

[elgordo38]

Being approached by a BIB and arrested will now surely become more dignified. Velvet handcuffs? "Tallyho old chap off to the local lockup". 

[snooky]

6 hours ago, alfieconn said:

Hopefully that is the Queen's English and not one of the many other type's of English that is spoken around the world !

In which case, they will be thoroughly confused!   

[Dexlowe]

Good morning, class. Let's begin.

First question: What you name?

Second question: Where you come from?

Third question: You buy me dr... oops, wrong class.

[KenKadz]

Females have this genetic thing going on that allows them to learn languages more easily than men.

Men (some men) seem to learn technical skills more easily.

Something about how their brains are wired (left side and right side stuff)

So if the police want English speaking cops to deal with "the AEC (Asian Economic Community) era", maybe the police should be recruiting new police from the many (no prostitution in Pattaya) female workers that they will be putting out of work soon.

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Try it, speak English with a bar girl, then try to speak to a cop!

One of them is clever and articulate.

The other is dumber than a box of rocks!

[Nicebus]

A lot of negative  comments re Police learning English. At least its a start.

I just had 10 days touring the North East on a motor bike. Plenty of road blocks for licence and breath tests. Catching plenty by the look of the que set up at a table near by.

Each time I was polite, showed my Australian licence and was on my way in no time.

 

[lungnorm]

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Well there are the 26 letters now for the 100,000 words.......

[bkk6060]

Geez, on the positive side of this at least they are trying something to improve.  I have had interaction with a few Thai cops mostly on motorbike stops and they have all been reasonable. 

Most recently, I was parking my motorbike on BR and a motorbike Taxi AH pulled up to me and said "No park here, I pay police for this place". The guy abruptly pulled into my spot.   I am like "OK, Oh really."  I went to the police station on BR and there was a tall officer out front there who spoke some English and I told him what happened.  He went with me to the spot and had a short argument with the Taxi dude who then took off.

I guess my point is not every cop here is bad or corrupt.  I get that some(probably many) are, but not all from my experience.

[outsider]

30 hours... I will be surprised if these brown clowns could absorb three minutes of it, never mind the full course.

[madusa]

On 2017/3/29 at 7:18 PM, ffaarraanngg said:

Do you speak like the queen?

 

The spelling of American English makes far more sense.

A Thai tourist in London approached a policeman and asked, "What is Time sir?" The young policeman thought for a while and answered, "ah, that's a philosophical question I am afraid I cannot help you".

[Jim Brantley]

• English is the world's lingua franca.  It is also not a language one can learn in five days.  It would be more effective to teach the officers some basic phrases, their meaning, and context for five days and then have them attend one hour English classes during their off-duty time.  As a Communications Expert, I taught English to many company employees around the world.  The ability to communicate on a basic level is a priority which can be accomplished in a relatively short period of time; expanding the basics is a must, but is an ongoing process.  There are no shortcuts.

[balo]

Well, it's a start , they should try to get the message out load and clear in Thinglish .

 

 

 

 

[Lickey]

I could teach em Silly Suffolk,

  But I think they speak that already!!

[Sooo Upto Me]

21 hours ago, catman20 said:

mate you dont get out much ! its gone up its all 400 baht now

 

Not in the villages.

 

[TPUBON]

Could this be the end of when stopped at a checkpoint, you pretend to know no Thai at all hoping the policeman will finally get frustrated and wave you through?

[MRTELLYOUSTRAIGHT]

13 hours ago, TPUBON said:

Could this be the end of when stopped at a checkpoint, you pretend to know no Thai at all hoping the policeman will finally get frustrated and wave you through?

No just say.... Ya ne ponimayu

[jaywalker]

On 3/29/2017 at 5:14 PM, Thaiwrath said:

30 hours should be enough to learn................... 'You pay me money !'

"You give me money NOW!" Should suffice.

[Moonlover]

On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 11:24 AM, gios50hk said:

Despite being (by a long way) the most 'populous' language on the planet - Chinese is not widely spoken outside of China or Chinese-speaking countries. However, English is still the 'language of business' as well being the pre-eminent language in commerce, law, computers, airline travel and numerous other professions. Indeed very recent research has revealed that many countries (even the French - who are arguably one of the most 'anti-English speaking' countries in the world!) are now adopting English as their main language.

And very interestingly, it's the language of choice for intercommunications within the EU.

[jaywalker]

4 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

And very interestingly, it's the language of choice for intercommunications within the EU.

English is also the international language of air traffic controllers the world over, so I've heard.

 

 

Edited April 1, 2017 by jaywalker

[Kwasaki]

44 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

English is also the international language of air traffic controllers the world over, so I've heard.

As in " What is your height and position "  6' 4" and sitting up the front. 

 

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, jaywalker said:

English is also the international language of air traffic controllers the world over, so I've heard.

 

 

You have heard correctly.

[Rimmer]

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[Rhys]

...bang,  bang.... stop or I'll shoot.

 

...up against the wall, MF, dear sport...

 

..are they learning the culture of  the English user?

...many of the AEC English speakers are not westerners..

....bilingual fluency...a better option..

 

All four skills..writing reports will be quite interesting.

 

... all the best with the learning approach... sitting in class for 6 hours...

 

....role playing must have been interesting.

 

Edited April 1, 2017 by Rhys

[the guest]

On 2017-03-30 at 8:35 AM, alfieconn said:

Hopefully that is the Queen's English and not one of the many other type's of English that is spoken around the world !

 

Queen's English? You mean the plum-in-the-mouth dialect, which was primarily adopted to distinquish the difference between the high class, and the rest of the underlings.

[Rimmer]

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