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al hambra
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"Use English if you can't speak Thai properly."
Foolproof method to avoid learning another language,
don't speak it until you can speak it "properly".
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 11:04 pm on Sep. 15, 2005
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Socrates
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I know somebody who is in Thailand at the moment.
I asked him to ask as many Thais as he could the correct pronounciation.
They all said Hoo-wah Hin !
Sometimes it sounds like Whore-a-hin which is ironic...don't you think?
Sorry Yurune ! (Or as a Thai would say Yoo-loon)
Yassas-
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:14 am on Dec. 7, 2005
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Yurune
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What you apologising to me for?
As I say...those who have to ask someone to ask someone else obviously don't have the trained ear to listen to a response that they didn't actually hear themselves......
Did you ever hear me say the word?
Did you check the correct Thai spelling of the word and therefore locate the sala oo after the hor heep?
Or are you just talking about something you don't know about?
An arguement about how to say something without sound is a little silly then talking through the inexact science of transliteration....don't you think?
ps...I've changed my mind....Socrates is obviously correct...I mean he ACTUALLY knows someone who is in Thailand at the moment!!!!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 4:29 pm on Dec. 7, 2005
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Skip
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Quote: from Yurune on 6:07 am on Dec. 8, 2005
An arguement about how to say something without sound is a little silly then talking through the inexact science of transliteration....don't you think?
Tough to argue with logic that sound. Shame it's gonna fall on mute (d) ears. 
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:11 am on Dec. 8, 2005
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HeebyJeebies
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Is'nt HWA what the marines grunt out while on the bog...and connecting with each other ??
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:17 am on Dec. 8, 2005
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al hambra
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Skip,
"Tough to argue with logic that sound. Shame it's gonna fall on mute (d) ears."
Damn, aren't ears supposed to be mute?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:03 pm on Dec. 8, 2005
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Mel Gibson
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Never mind the HUA HWA etc,,, what amazes me is how nearly every farang pronounces "pattaya "
as PAT TAY AH,, but every Thai person say PAAT- TEA -AHH
Maybe the Thai's need to develop a script like Vietnam,, English ( same alphabet) but having symbols above the vowels leaving no doubt as to the sound to be made.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:30 am on Dec. 9, 2005
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al hambra
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Hi Mel,
About the Thai alphabet, I think it does what you recommend.
IMHO the problem is that people try to learn the Thai language based on transliteration/approximation using the Roman alphabet.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 1:23 am on Dec. 10, 2005
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Socrates
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Yulune,
Logical. HHHhmmmmmmm?
Fascinating Yulune but not as the Thais know it ?
You talk of logic to a Greek and a Vulcan !
Interesting but illogical, rather like saying HWA for the Thai word for 'head' instead of who-ar ?
The concept of logic has no meaning in Thailand. You give a Thai a million dollars or Euros and the next day he has spent it all. The following week he cannot work out why he hasn't got a million Euros or dollars anymore. They have no concept of future action or necessity. Quite illogical.
Euro is the Greek word for 'Piss' are you taking the Euro or is the Thai ?
Quite illogical Captain.
Yasu-
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:54 am on Dec. 13, 2005
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