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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from badfishlbc on 2:21 pm on July 27, 2012
Quote: from DaffyDuck on 7:44 am on July 26, 2012
instead of a closely more accurate "Patt-eye-Yah"
This is not correct. No "eye" sound in Pattaya, I see this mistake a lot. Somehow people hear it that way, not sure why. Put-tuh-ya is more like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyGKBlaXCFw
Yeah, you're right (see above YouTube link, from the Belgian singer).
Online pronounciation "aids" by badly pronouncing Farangs don't make it much easier, do they:
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=pattaya
Seems that "PAT TAY YAR" is a close approximation...
... but as I said "(I'm trying for closeness and differences of pronounciation - we could split hairs over details here) "
Really, what matters is that it is NOT pronounced as most of the illiterates mispronounce it : "Patt-yah"
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 2:47 am on July 28, 2012
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Dangerm
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Pa-Ta-Yaa
Par-Ta-Yaa
Par-Tya-Yaa
ParTy a Yaa
Party Yaa
Party? Ya!
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:00 am on July 28, 2012
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Kris
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I have made several attempts at learning Thai from books for the past ten years of my travels to LOS but I am besieged with a poor memory which has made it near impossible for me. I have not progressed beyond remembering numbers and a handful of Thai words and phrases.
I have never tried one-on-one lessons from a Thai teacher as my trips are always short. I like BK's post regarding teachers who teach one-on-one on Skype. Thinking of giving it a try. Has anyone tried any of them?
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 11:26 pm on Aug. 4, 2012
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dirty guru
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Seriously, if you used that avatar as your business loco for learning Thai...you would be flooded with punters..
That is the best Avatar period dot f***ing ever!
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 5:09 pm on Jan. 30, 2013
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bkkz
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Looks like that youtube video was deleted.
Government to demand takedown of sex-trade spoof
The government plans to ask YouTube to remove a video poking fun at the Thai sex industry.
The clip is a parody of a commercial for the Rosetta Stone language learning software.
The spoof was shown last weekend on Saturday Night Live, a US weekly satire show.
In the video, foreigners show interest in learning phrases like "How much?", "Is that for the whole night?" or "How can I take off your clothes?" in Thai.
Culture Minister Sonthaya Khunploem said Monday the Culture Watch Centre is working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to remove the video. The government will also tell the US Embassy the spoof is tarnishing Thailand's image and will ask it to explain this to Saturday Night Live's producer, he said.
The parody has drawn many negative responses from both Thais and foreigners.
Most Thai internet users were not impressed with the video, saying the joke is too harsh and not at all funny.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:09 pm on Feb. 4, 2013
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