Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?

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Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?

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Looking for some khmer sayings or expressions to get a response out of the missus.
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Ch-kai Yu-on
If you enjoy noise pollution and obnoxious driving practices, Phnom Penh is the place for you!

This.
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philip.smith wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:03 pm Looking for some khmer sayings or expressions to get a response out of the missus.
tell us what expressions you got in mind and we can help
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K’daw bong reng ha-ei

This one works every time for me, but some missus’es with no sense of humor can give you a negative response. Still better than indifference 😁
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:09 pm
philip.smith wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:03 pm Looking for some khmer sayings or expressions to get a response out of the missus.
tell us what expressions you got in mind and we can help
Anything really, got the real offensive stuff sussed as well a bit of slang but just looking for stuff to get any response
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សុំទោស ?

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I accidentally started a 10 page off-topic debate on the pronunciation/spelling of "dop" when I posted "dop dola, bong" in a thread recently. If I'd have been deliberately trolling I'd have been ecstatic at that result. I was still kinda amused tbh.
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ok. for the rest of us please add in English what you mean when you say it. We were not all tutored by explorer.
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Oi!
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