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badfishlbc
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Love takes time -> glin bplaa maak khrap
We must be patient -> Hoi thao rai
You're welcome...
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:33 pm on Jan. 28, 2004
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SetLaew
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Quote: from TJ on 3:05 am on Jan. 29, 2004
Pimsleur says "bah-nee" for "now". They emphasize a B sound. More than one person corrected me, and said it should be a D sound: "dah-nee"
Similarly, "bok-lohng (khrap) " should be "tok-lohng (khrap) " (means "ok" ) and "doong a'rai" should be "doom/dum a'rai" (drink something).
Horrible mistakes, really. That's about the worst transliteration of thai I have ever seen. There's no way you can transliterate tok-lohng as bok-lohng or "deum arai" as "doong arai".
... a "t" (dtoh-dtao) is never a "b", and an ending "m" (moh) never sounds like "ng".
Never seen a pimsleur book/lesson but based on this, it's total s***e.
(or if this is due to a regional difference, then regionally incorrect with large numbers of people in Bangkok, from different backgrounds, as well as the education of an American that seemed quite proficient at Thai with the girls of Chiang Mai)
Yeah, the mistakes you outlined in your examples are most definitely not related to any regional differences in Thai pronunciation. Just baaaaad mistakes, plain and simple.
and btw, ignore badfishlbc.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 1:19 am on Jan. 29, 2004
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ColoradoGuy
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Quote: from TJ on 2:05 pm on Jan. 28, 2004
A comment about Pimsleur's language tapes...
Pimsleur says "bah-nee" for "now"
Similarly, "bok-lohng (khrap) " should be "tok-lohng (khrap) " (means "ok" ) and "doong a'rai" should be "doom/dum a'rai" (drink something).
This sounded strange so I relistened to the Pimsleur. They use doh-nee, duum-arai and tohk-lohng correctly. So they must have corrected these parts to be correct since the version TJ has. However, I have the CD versions of the lessons, so I cannot comment about what is on the tapes.
The CDs are correct.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:29 am on Jan. 29, 2004
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cyborg
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Is Mr Badfish leading me astray with his translations?
Cyborg
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 1:46 pm on Jan. 29, 2004
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DrLove
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Yes, unfortunately he is....
Hoi tao rai - how much is pussy?
Glin bplaa maak - no idea
could be gin pla maak - eat a lot of fish
Perhaps he likes seafood a lot....
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 2:08 pm on Jan. 29, 2004
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bkkz
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Quote: from DrLove on 3:08 am on Jan. 30, 2004
Glin bplaa maak - no idea
Could be... smells very fishy!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:30 pm on Jan. 29, 2004
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TJ
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@ColoradoGuy
>This sounded strange so I relistened to the Pimsleur. They use doh-nee, duum-arai and tohk-lohng correctly. So they must have corrected these parts to be correct since the version TJ has. However, I have the CD versions of the lessons, so I cannot comment about what is on the tapes.
Just to make sure that I wasn't making more of an ass out of myself than normal, I went back and relistened to *my* copy (on cassette tape). After some time...
I found the part where the girl first pronounces "doong" (to drink). And she very clearly uses an 'NG' suffix. Also tracked down "bah-nee." (now) Definitely a 'B' sound. Didn't bother with tok-lohng.
Weird that the two versions are different. How did they mispronounce it in the first place? She repeats it over and over again, slowly, over-enunciating it for emphasis. Incorrectly.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:56 pm on Jan. 29, 2004
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NaughtiusMaximus
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anyone know what this means...
Yin dee tee dai ru jak kun
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 7:03 am on Jan. 30, 2004
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ringthebells
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nice to know you.
dummy
rtb
dummy was not included in the translation...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:12 am on Jan. 30, 2004
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