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DrLove
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Indeed 'Chan' can be used as by both male and females.
The official polite way for a girl to refer to herself is 'Di Chan' (like 'phom' for males), which cannot be used by males.
'Koo' and 'Mueng' are mostly used in situations in where people are upset, angry or quarrel.
Listen to soap operas... whenever they fight you'll hear these terms. Also MrsLove doesn't use these words in regular conversation with me, but changes immediately when she's angry.
But as BK said....  for non casual conversation.
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Posted on: 2:52 am on May 27, 2004
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ColoradoGuy
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Quote: from DrLove on 2:52 am on May 27, 2004
Indeed 'Chan' can be used as by both male and females.
I learned this last trip from Soi33CanDo! - we teach each other new things every day, some of it is Thai/English.  Surprised me, so I asked my language tutor and she confirmed it. Both of them said it is OK to use chan, but neither of them really confirmed what is proper (phom or chan spoken by a male) in what circumstance.
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Posted on: 2:57 am on May 27, 2004
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DrLove
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What happened to the 'old' things? 555
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Posted on: 3:00 am on May 27, 2004
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LivinLOS
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Just to help me clear this up... My past wife encouraged me to use the Meung and Kuu (Goo to my ears) between ourselves in private and also used it with close friends around... I knew it was something not to be used in public but is it really so rude between very intimate people ???
I know you can get people to kick off with it nicely... Some drunk bitch really made me mad the other day so a quick "Meung Kwai ??" had her foaming away at the mouth nicely...
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Posted on: 4:08 am on May 27, 2004
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Crash999
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"'Koo' and 'Mueng' are mostly used in situations in where people are upset, angry or quarrel."
It can also be used by friends. Listen to teenagers or college kids speak and you'll hear them them address each other using 'goo' and 'meung' all the time. Even Chula babes... not just the Ramhamhaeng gals.
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Posted on: 4:08 am on May 27, 2004
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Crash999
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Quote: from LivinLOS on 4:08 pm on May 27, 2004
I know you can get people to kick off with it nicely... Some drunk bitch really made me mad the other day so a quick "Meung Kwai ??" had her foaming away at the mouth nicely...
Not sure that 'meung kwai' is grammatically correct, though I'm sure she got your gist. =)
Next time, try 'ee dock' or 'ee hia' or 'ee kieow' to test reaction.
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Posted on: 4:22 am on May 27, 2004
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bkkz
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I find sometimes, my TGF calling her girlfriends in a rather playful way, "ai bah" (ai which is normally used for guys) or "ai sat".
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Posted on: 7:01 am on May 27, 2004
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LivinLOS
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If I really want 'kick off' I just fall back on the tried and trusted Bai Yat Mare... Never fails 
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Posted on: 7:20 am on May 27, 2004
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shark68
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I think it is also a generation question and education and upbringing.
Younger people also consider it cool to talk 'mueng' and 'goo', it may be the same like coloured people refer to each other with 'hey n____'...
There are several levels of language,
'mueng'
'tue'
'khun'
'tan'
with 'mueng' being the lowest of all levels and thus to be used very cautiously.
(Do not get me wrong, I tend to get along better much with non-high-so people.)
My mother i.e. would never use 'meung' or 'goo' in any situation.
My TGF in Thailand and my TGF here are also very angry at me when these words slip from my mouth... One of my exGFs used it regularly to talk with me and when I get angry I sometimes stick to the habit... 
The same BTW also for 'mann', which can basically be translated as 'it', but you may also refer to people in the 3rd an impolite way.
Obviously my TGFs don't like it to have 'goo' in their ears
shark 68
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Posted on: 8:25 am on May 27, 2004
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