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leaford
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3 or 4 different girls, at different bars, I met last trip used the phrase "man keow" while talking to other girls about me. Everyone refused to translate it for me, so I figure it was something bad.  Can anyone enlighten me?
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:44 pm on Jan. 28, 2004
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DrLove
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pinch you..... as opposed to man sai (hit, punch or hurt).
Man Keow is not bad at all... kind of playful.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:28 pm on Jan. 28, 2004
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Ballsburstin
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I get this all the time from my TGF. For instance, we will be sitting on the bus, and she will start patting my thigh, gently at first, then faster and kinding of ending with a spank, while saying, "man keow."  Or she may grab my earlobe, and squeeze it while saying, "oooo, man keow!" 
At first I just figured this was her own personal brand of sadism, as she has kind of a manic expression on her face when she does this. But she explained to me that Thai mothers often do this with their babies and kids.  For her, it's a physical term of endearment.
- Balls
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 12:43 am on Jan. 29, 2004
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bkkz
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Ah, that's explains all those bites I get...
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 12:55 am on Jan. 29, 2004
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atypical
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man keow: basically means, "you're so cute I want to bite/pinch/nudgy you".
...usually said to a person of generous proportions. Kind of hard to "man keow" someone pom pom... Nothing to grab.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:07 am on Feb. 4, 2004
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Oaktoad
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think about the saying that is used sometimes about babies..
i would like to just eat you up.. sort of like that as others have noted..
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:02 am on Feb. 4, 2004
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DrLove
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OK, let's clear this up.....
man = something you like
'pleng man' = a song you like
'man mahk' = a lot of fun
keow=to chew
'keow yu' = I am busy chewing
so literally 'something you like to chew'......
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:48 pm on Feb. 4, 2004
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Smegma
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If we talk literal, all languages have words and expressions that don't make sense.
Like try translating "fireman" literally to other languages and you will get "man of fire" - that doesn't sound like the guys that go and try to put fires down.
Or what about the expression give me a "rain check" etc. etc. Literal translations of expression are often not very helpful.
What I am trying to say is that trying to clear things up by giving a literal translation may not help more. I think that you guys had already explained well what it means.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:18 am on Feb. 5, 2004
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Oaktoad
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Smegma you got it..
idioms drive most Thai's nuts when they start to study English..
Thai does not have as many, but they do have them
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:15 am on Feb. 5, 2004
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