What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
Ich verstehe... Nicht.taabarang wrote:Es waere so aussehen.
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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
Agree.StroppyChops wrote:"Saving face", racism/classicm, the utter indifference to another person's suffering, and the inability of neighbours to understand/accept that what is mine is not theirs.
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.
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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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
SC Bitte Vergessen wir's. Es ist meiner Meinung nach eine Kleinigkeit. Ich wuede Gift darauf nehmen dass du Deutsch nicht in Deutschland gelernt hast.
As my old Cajun bait seller used to say, "I opes you luck.
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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
Ummm, not understanding what the hell people are talking about...
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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
Sie haben recht - ich spreche kein Deutsch. Not in Germany or any other country.taabarang wrote:SC Bitte Vergessen wir's. Es ist meiner Meinung nach eine Kleinigkeit. Ich wuede Gift darauf nehmen dass du Deutsch nicht in Deutschland gelernt hast.
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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
OT. I have problems with the noise levels sometimes - it's difficult to explain to your neighbours that they are driving you mad with their dogs, kids, general screaming etc. Also I don't expect sympathy from khmer friends on this subject - they just don't get it.
Plenty other things but it's time to eat now
Plenty other things but it's time to eat now
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Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
Our neighbors at the back include two women who scream like fish sellers even in normal conversation to someone in the same space. I don't get how it goes from soft and melodic to window shattering in 2 seconds.Anchor Moy wrote:OT. I have problems with the noise levels sometimes - it's difficult to explain to your neighbours that they are driving you mad with their dogs, kids, general screaming etc. Also I don't expect sympathy from khmer friends on this subject - they just don't get it.
Plenty other things but it's time to eat now
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
Re: What do explats dislike about Khmer culture?
Can you give specific examples of this?StroppyChops wrote:... and the inability of neighbours to understand/accept that what is mine is not theirs.
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The parking space in front of our pteah lveang. Next door wants to park a moto and their laundry in front of theirs, but that's cool, we'll park the car across the barang's property. They try to slide the laundry into the westerner's parking space on the other side of them to leave their own frontage uncluttered, but he (the westerner) moves it back and parks his own car on the property line. It's a little harder to move the neighbor's car back into his property. Came home one day, he'd parked two vehicles diagonally across our frontage. I've checked with the landlord, it is very definitely allocated parking, and harsh words would be spoken if the westerners parked in the Khmer frontage.Soi Dog wrote:Can you give specific examples of this?StroppyChops wrote:... and the inability of neighbours to understand/accept that what is mine is not theirs.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
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Another good example is being an ATM - do I need to say more?Soi Dog wrote:Can you give specific examples of this?StroppyChops wrote:... and the inability of neighbours to understand/accept that what is mine is not theirs.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
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