Do you get angry when you go to a restaurant or a shop and they don't speak English, or speak some but can't really understand you? Should you be angry? Is it self-centered and immoral to be angry?
The only time I get annoyed by unintelligible English is when it's in response to something I've said in perfectly understandable Thai.
Quite right, Cyrille. If their only fault is that they're no good at English, that's no problem. But if they are of the type whose great wisdom tells them that "He's farang, therefore he can't speak Thai", then it can be annoying.
It's when I ask them to speak slower in their mother tongue and they repeat what they said just as fast--that bugs me. Speaking English in a non-English speaking country? It tells me that it's a tourist area and therefore more expensive.
it's the drive-by thread starter!
"...ever wonder why they kill the weak ones, baby?"
^
Pretty much what I thought.
no kidding - i had started typing a response, say the OP and just deleted it, waste of time really!Originally Posted by Unwell
it's the drive-by thread starter!
post anyway mate, old chem gets people posting and that's the point eh!
who cares about whatever intentions he may have...
^ Exactly.
Not at all. It's their country,
I do find it funny when I say "Pom ow gafe ron. Gafe ron tao rai krup?"...
And the guy / girl tries their best to answe in English. Struggling out a "fif twee baht" - when "ha sip" would have sufficed
Spot on there.
When I'm in a new country I alway try and make an effort to learn some of the basics like hello, thanks you etc.
Plus there is alway hand signals to communicate. Have a big smile, don't lose your temper and things generally work out ok. (well it has for me)
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Learn the local language.
Problem solved.
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No, not at all. What pisses most people off is the stupidity of those who understand our Thai perfectly well but decide to annoy us by pretending they don't.
If they don't speak English that's not a problem. It's their country after all. Pillocks from here pretending not to understand people who speak their language is Chai-Mai-Dai-Mark though.
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Learn the local language.
Problem solved.
ditto
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Pub topic. Moved.
The worst job in Thailand must be the man who has to sit down with a blue marker pen and mark a number two on the two-baht coins to stop people thinking they are one-baht coins.
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