SayethWhaaaa 245 Posted January 18, 2008 ...only plus side is that if you ever got into a fight with a co-worker, you'd have an easy way of disposing of them... http://www.news.com.au/travel/gallery/0,23...07153-1,00.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparkomatic 7 Posted January 18, 2008 I have been to that market many times...you can not imagine the "aroma" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Longestpants 1 Posted January 18, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSqNx7vJLDE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparkomatic 7 Posted January 18, 2008 Yep, seen it...I noticed that it had a link for the River Kwai...done it, but an interesting note..."kwai" in the Thai-language means essentially "water buffalo" but its pronounced like "Kwaaaai" as in hold that vowel for about 2 seconds...if you dont, being a tonal language, it means something very different. This I learned the hard way as I told my mother in law that I had been over the River Kwai and really enjoyed riding on it...to which she had a very odd look of concern...my wife quickly corrected me...latter I asked what I had said wrong...she told me that if you dont hold that vowel it is a different word, as in male reproductive organ and not in a nice way. So, be careful of tonal languages and what you ride... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+whiteknight06604 934 Posted January 18, 2008 Yep, seen it...I noticed that it had a link for the River Kwai...done it, but an interesting note..."kwai" in the Thai-language means essentially "water buffalo" but its pronounced like "Kwaaaai" as in hold that vowel for about 2 seconds...if you dont, being a tonal language, it means something very different. This I learned the hard way as I told my mother in law that I had been over the River Kwai and really enjoyed riding on it...to which she had a very odd look of concern...my wife quickly corrected me...latter I asked what I had said wrong...she told me that if you dont hold that vowel it is a different word, as in male reproductive organ and not in a nice way. So, be careful of tonal languages and what you ride... Now thats a good story.thanks for the warning and the laugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparkomatic 7 Posted January 18, 2008 needless to say it curbed my enthusiasm to speak in Thai around her, but she took at as a learning experience, she is patient that way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
