Turning Thai ? Turning English ?

fach3003 · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: Turning Thai ? Turning English ?

Hi all,

Im been living in the UK with the Wife for 3 and 1/2
years and ive realised that we have picked some bad traits...

She says Man at the end of Sentences...
and i answer everything i dont hear with Haaaaaa....

Im eating everything Thai....and putting fish sause on everything

She adores Greggs Cheese & Onion Pasties....and Sunday Lunches... Apple Crumbles...etc

Last night i heard her say 'Spot on'.... whilst ironing her work stuff

I think shes been here too long !!!!

Mind winters looming dark nights... Near Minus Degrees

Wish i was there!!!

Just thought id share them Gems with u.....

Have your Partners etc picked up traits since beening together???

Hope everyone is well

Fach
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matthew80 · Specialist Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 199 Location: Canada

We're up in Whitehorse, Canada. Tucked up beside Alaska. My lady putters around the house, singing Shania Twain songs (Man, I feel like a woman, etc.) We can't drive by a "Tim Hortons" without stopping for a "double, double" and a chocolate dip doughnut. Darkness comes upon us now around 4:30 pm. The sun doesn't rise till 9:00 or 9:30. We drive through the barren snow covered streets of Whitehorse on a Sunday morning and my lady mumbles over and over: "30 Days of Night...30 Days of Night...30 Days of Night..." (A title from a movie we watched two weeks ago) Cheers

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norm · Specialist Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 194

Hi Matthew
How do you like the married life by now? Since you are still on your honeymoon i immagin it is great. So tell us what kind of work you do in Whitehorse? Good luck and don't freeze anything off. How is the wife coping with the cold?

Terry · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:56 am Post subject:

Here's a true one.

When I first met Mrs. T some 16 years ago, she got used to me and my buddies when drinking, exclaiming - 'Chockfu^£"ngdee' as a substitute for 'cheers'

We were in the UK for most of 1999 and spent millenium at a family party.

Mrs. T having now aquired a taste for sparkling Chardonney and Champagne got herself slightly plasterd.

When toasting the New Year in with my dear old Ma, Mrs T made the toast

'Fu*kchockindee'

It took me several minutes to explain to my old mum how this came about. It was a good time and an endearing memory.

Incidently - despite the age and culture gap, my late mother and Mrs.T got on extremely well.

Mrs.T can now cook great english breakfasts, knit scarves - not that we need them!, and actually gives our two boys a great mix of Thai and English values.
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matthew80 · Specialist Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 199 Location: Canada

Awesome story Terry! Norm, I'm a teacher and playwright in Whitehorse. Yep, we're still on our honeymoon, but it's been like this for three years, so I'm hoping that this joyful existance continues - as is...
She's really enjoying the snow and the mountains: clean air, drinkable tap water, shopping, etc., and learning a lot of useful English from watching the reality TV shows. I took her ice skating over the weekend. Too funny! She never fell once. A will of steel! "Thais on Ice"! Cheers

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fach3003 · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:24 pm Post subject:

Love the Mrs T Tale....

I remember being at work and the Missus

ringing me up to ask where the Gas bottle was

as it had been over 3 months.....

Shes v clever and can learn stuff like a sponge
not like me!!!

She breezed the driving theory tests
and was gutted when she drop one mark....

When she was revising for the test she asked me
to help - then promptly gave up on me as i scored less
Im sure i heard her stay 'stoopid farang!!!'

Keep the tales coming! Smile

Another one of the Uk's 150 of 365 days of rain is today i see!!! Sad

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migrant · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject:

Takiap · Specialist Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 156 Location: Bo Fai

Nice thread. Yes my missus picked up quite a lot of Scottish slang but perhaps the biggest thing is her taste for biltong (South African dried meat)

Whenevr I make some, I have to make sure I get stuck in before she has chance to finish the lot because she keeps going and fetching another piece, saying it is better to eat it than see it go to waste. She also like fry-ups....sausage, bacon, mushrooms, baked beans and even black pudding. Being able to buy tins of beans in the UK for about 10 to 20 pence meant having about 40 tins in stock at all times.......lol and here in Thailand they are quite expensive compared to the general cost of living. Another habit she has is to sit down to a feast of peanut butter on toast.

As for me, I like just about all Thai food but the biggest change is the sticky rice which I now eat almost daily, even making my own to eat with beef larb, isaan style which is uncooked.
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deepee · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

On a recent trip to LOS Mrs. deepee was out on her own doing a spot of food shopping in Pratu Nam.Came back in a real huff she did.
She said " Sh*t I can't believe it these #!@& Thais told me that I was up for falang prices as I spoke Thai with an Aussie accent!"( and this she said in ENGLISH to her other Thai mates).
And on another occasion a taxi driver asked where she had learnt to speak Thai so well?
Suppose after having lived O.S for 30 years you can expect these things to happen.

Incidently I've often pondered the question just when does one take on another culture and really become part of it ?The missus reckons it happens when you start to dream in that new language. She says she almost always dreams in English nowdays.
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HHTel · Professional Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 291

How about 'Oh for Chlist's sake!', 'That's good innit?' and 'I'm not bovvered.' among many of my wife's phrases.

cozza · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

I might be a little late for this...

I loved reading this post and had to add something. Better than all the negative stories you read.

"How goods that?"

"Yummo!"

"The refs a ST...D D...HEAD!"

My personal favourite..."BONER!"

lindosfan1 · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: thai

My ome that made me smile was at a scooter rider in hua hin she came out with bruddy ell
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