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12th May 2008, 03:30
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
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That's Central Thai, grasshopper.
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12th May 2008, 04:49
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
yeah but what does 'mai 'bai' mean?
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12th May 2008, 07:37
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
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If any of you can tell me the correct meaning of this southern word first, หวิบ whib, I will give you green.
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Means angry, right?
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12th May 2008, 08:22
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
Yeah what i1der and Likewise said is correct.
what does อ้อร้อ oro mean?
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12th May 2008, 11:32
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
oro means : kinda like the students at my college : ทำตัวเด่น/ like to be in the center point of attention. Being flirty. Would that be a good translation for it?
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12th May 2008, 11:48
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
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yeah but what does 'mai 'bai' mean?
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oro means : kinda like the students at my college
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My understanding is that it means cute (น่ารัก in Central).
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12th May 2008, 12:08
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
I don't think "oro" and "na rak" is the same.
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12th May 2008, 14:54
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
likewise, I agree; the way I've had it explained to me, "oro" means flirty.
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12th May 2008, 16:58
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
My dog isn't flirty and she's very อ้อร้อ. It depends on the context really, it can be used for children and pets to mean cute but for teenage or adult women it means flirty.
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12th May 2008, 18:29
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
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My dog isn't flirty and she's very อ้อร้อ. It depends on the context really, it can be used for children and pets to mean cute but for teenage or adult women it means flirty.
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Cannot say that I've ever heard that. Then again I am more interested in อ้อร้อ women then อ้อร้อ dogs  .
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12th May 2008, 18:33
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
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It depends on the context really, it can be used for children and pets to mean cute
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I suppose that makes sense. My ex-brother-in-law (from Nakhon) used to say that my daughter was sometimes being อ้อร้อ. Is it cute in an, as likewise suggested, attention-seeking kind of way?
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12th May 2008, 18:40
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
Wait for Nana she will explain I guess  .
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12th May 2008, 18:44
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
Good plan!
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13th May 2008, 00:40
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
Now now... in my area people do use this word with little kids and pets to show their affection. I think Boonmee is correct, it's refered to attention seeking gesture in a lovely way. However, if it's used with teenagers and adult females, that will mean flirty or sometimes can be very as bad as slutty.
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13th May 2008, 01:43
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Re: The Pak Tai Dialect Game
 Aaah, thanks, Nana. That explains our confusion!
So, between us, we were all right!
Which Jangwad are you from, Nana?
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