+SayethWhaaaa Posted January 18, 2008 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 Quote
sparkomatic Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 I have been to that market many times...you can not imagine the "aroma" Quote
Longestpants Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSqNx7vJLDE Quote
sparkomatic Posted January 18, 2008 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... Quote
+whiteknight06604 Posted January 18, 2008 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. Quote
sparkomatic Posted January 18, 2008 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 Quote
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