Have you ever been called "Ah" in Khmer?

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Re: Have you ever been called

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Kampong Spooner wrote:Every inlaw younger than my wife is ah-something. Today i got into an altercation with the old rice pikey bitch neighbour who called me 'ah barang'. Spiteful betel stained foul mouthed cow that she is.
Poor you. It is actually very common. I heard many times that khmer calls barang Ah barang, because they thought that those foreigners don't understand it. Good that you have read CEO, so you understood what she meant.
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Samouth wrote:
Kampong Spooner wrote:Every inlaw younger than my wife is ah-something. Today i got into an altercation with the old rice pikey bitch neighbour who called me 'ah barang'. Spiteful betel stained foul mouthed cow that she is.
Poor you. It is actually very common. I heard many times that khmer calls barang Ah barang, because they thought that those foreigners don't understand it. Good that you have read CEO, so you understood what she meant.
yeah very common in thailand also i find lol
i only really found out about this "Ah" thing since i been back in england, but i do remember my friends using it messing around so i had noticed it but ill probs notice it a lot more when i return, espesh now i know the meaning
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Hehe... Don't call women " Mii" if you don't want to get a slap.:p
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Kampong Spooner wrote:Every inlaw younger than my wife is ah-something. Today i got into an altercation with the old pineapple pikey bitch neighbour who called me 'ah barang'. Spiteful betel stained foul mouthed cow that she is.
FTFY :beer3:

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Re: Have you ever been called "Ah" in Khmer?

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prahkeitouj wrote:Hehe... Don't call women " Mii" if you don't want to get a slap.:p
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prahkeitouj wrote:Hehe... Don't call women " Mii" if you don't want to get a slap.:p
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Re: Have you ever been called "Ah" in Khmer?

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prahkeitouj wrote:Hehe... Don't call women " Mii" if you don't want to get a slap.:p
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Re: Have you ever been called

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Mi chgai youen works well when the mrs needs telling.
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Re: Have you ever been called

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qinjingyou wrote:
prahkeitouj wrote:Hehe... Don't call women " Mii" if you don't want to get a slap.:p
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Because Mi is offensive word for women.
Ah is for men.
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Kampong Spooner wrote:Mi chgai youen works well when the mrs needs telling.
Hashas..
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