More idioms and miscellaneous

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Ah, c'mon SC, let us understand your metaphor.
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taabarang wrote:Ah, c'mon SC, let us understand your metaphor.
C'mon? Do you mean eat first?
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taabarang wrote:I suspect after some reflection that he is referring to the bell that announces the start of a boxing match-a reference to strong disagreements I had with another poster.
Ding ding ding...
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No, little salary(I'm going to call you that ) It is not Vietnamese, it is a short form(i.e.) of come on, which is a form of encouragement or sometimes disbelief. Here is an example of the latter.
You, I am a millionaire.
Me, Aw c'mon why do you call yourself little salary if that is true. Dak kluen e?
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Sc's "ding, ding, ding" is the imitation of a bell Samouth. He means my understanding is correct.
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taabarang wrote:Sc's "ding, ding, ding" is the imitation of a bell Samouth. He means my understanding is correct.
Thanks for all your help lok taa. I really wonder why can't he write easy English, so that non-native English speaker like me will find it easy to understand.
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Samouth wrote:
taabarang wrote:Sc's "ding, ding, ding" is the imitation of a bell Samouth. He means my understanding is correct.
Thanks for all your help lok taa. I really wonder why can't he write easy English, so that non-native English speaker like me will find it easy to understand.
SC is a fairly gifted writer who likes to play with language. You have a good point, but the history of this forum is centered around foreign contributors. The presence of Cambodian participants is fairly new; just have patience and ask questions like you have been doing.
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taabarang wrote:
Samouth wrote:
taabarang wrote:Sc's "ding, ding, ding" is the imitation of a bell Samouth. He means my understanding is correct.
Thanks for all your help lok taa. I really wonder why can't he write easy English, so that non-native English speaker like me will find it easy to understand.
SC is a fairly gifted writer who likes to play with language. You have a good point, but the history of this forum is centered around foreign contributors. The presence of Cambodian participants is fairly new; just have patience and ask questions like you have been doing.
That is fair enough. :bow: Writer SC. By the way, i should invite more of my friends to join in this forum and we will use our language the whole time. It is like making another small forum in this forum. :lol: :lol: :lol: JK.
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Samouth wrote:
taabarang wrote:Sc's "ding, ding, ding" is the imitation of a bell Samouth. He means my understanding is correct.
Thanks for all your help lok taa. I really wonder why can't he write easy English, so that non-native English speaker like me will find it easy to understand.
Samouth, you are a very welcome addition and contribution to the forum - personally I hope you stay a long time - but as a forum for westerners it's not always going to be immediately easy to understand for non-native speakers if English. I wasn't ignoring your request for an explanation, I just hadn't been on the forum for a few hours. You're welcome to PM me any time if you'd like to understand me better.
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StroppyChops wrote:
Samouth wrote:
taabarang wrote:Sc's "ding, ding, ding" is the imitation of a bell Samouth. He means my understanding is correct.
Thanks for all your help lok taa. I really wonder why can't he write easy English, so that non-native English speaker like me will find it easy to understand.
Samouth, you are a very welcome addition and contribution to the forum - personally I hope you stay a long time - but as a forum for westerners it's not always going to be immediately easy to understand for non-native speakers if English. I wasn't ignoring your request for an explanation, I just hadn't been on the forum for a few hours. You're welcome to PM me any time if you'd like to understand me better.
Thanks writer SC. I will definitely PM you every time i don't understand. However, i will try my best to understand them before PM you, as i don't want to bother you.

I think i will continue to stay on this forum as long as my phone doesn't get snatched. :)
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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