Can my Thai tee rak visit Cambodia without a passport?

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:15 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:59 pm What is "tee rak" supposed to mean? Why do Thai-based foreigners insist on speaking in this ridiculous pidgin?

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:04 pm "girlfriend" or "darling"

doesnt mean "girlfriend",
Girlfriend is แฟน - "Faaen" - Boyfriend/Girlfriend
ที่รัก - "Teerak/Teelak" means Sweetheart, Darling, Honey (its a word of Endearment) the Khmer equivalent would be Bong/Oun Somlanh

Cambodian Expats are just as bad with mixing in the few khmer words they know in the middle of English sentences lol

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:14 am

Not the ones I know, unless it's a place name or word that doesn't have a good equivalent in English.
Maybe I'll try making a post on a Thai-based forum asking about a visa for my met srey and see how well that works out.
Or maybe I won't, because it's fucking retarded.

soup · Post by **soup** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:56 am

Successful communication happens when the person listening understand what is being said, regardless of the language. It can be nonverbal communication, or even what is not being said that s the message and as long as it's understood, it's successful.

I mix languages and use slang all the time, when appropriate. It's usually only the pendejo's and the shmucks that want to be pedantic.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:38 am

willyhilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:24 pm Thais hate Cambodia, cannot enter without a passport anyway. Lucky for you.

I disagree, most Thais couldn't care a less, same as Khmer-Viet.

However, I do acknowledge that Thais believe they are the chosen race, but they are not alone in that delusion...shhh...that of which we do not speak...

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:20 am

Rak= Love, but teerak is taken to mean my darling, my sweatheart
Peu-un= Freind

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:38 am

soup wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:56 am
I mix languages and use slang all the time, when appropriate.

Yeah, we get people turning up here speaking Thai bargirl gibberish fairly often, I avoid having anything to do with them.

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:13 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:38 am
soup wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:56 am
I mix languages and use slang all the time, when appropriate.
Yeah, we get people turning up here speaking Thai bargirl gibberish fairly often, I avoid having anything to do with them.

Richard came to visit me in Cambodia, we took a boat ride across the Mekong to a small market town in Laos, no visa required. I did not speak their language, and also very limited Khmer. Richard with is fluent Thai was able to communicate. Thanks to my friend he had saved me quite a bit of money on a woodwork tool I needed. Thanks again Richard.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:49 pm

Try doing the same trip with some Pattaya resident who speaks bar-girl English. "Me want buy tool, why you no understand me?"

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:11 pm

John Bingham wrote:Try doing the same trip with some Pattaya resident who speaks bar-girl English. "Me want buy tool, why you no understand me?"

Sawadee kap how are you? Can i have nung chang kap

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