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Mosha

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  1. hi all 

    names Owen

    i have a girlfriend from Nakhon Si Thammarat and i am trying to learn some of the words they use in replace of central thai words ie ( very much = jung hoo in stead of mak mak  ) she try to teach me but i forget if not able to read the words . not great at remembering things i'm just told .

    can any one help me with some study cards 

    ( english = central =southern ) something like this style i find easy to learn 

    ( ie --- very delicious = aroi mak mak ( อร่อยมาก ) = rhøi jung hoo ( หร้อยจังฮู้ )

    my girlfriend try's so hard and i would love to show here how much i'm really trying to learn her and her culture of the south, and  love  if some one could help 

    mans please try not get to side tracked on  differences between words and north south  east i'm worried all that will do is confuse me more 

    thanks heaps 

    owen from australia 

     

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    Ranong folks say roi hang, they laugh and say Nakhon if I say roi jang hoo.

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  2. ..... and herein is where the problems begin
     
    Genuine Southern Thai is a diverse mixture of bastardized Thai, slang Thai, Northern Malay, and local regional dialect. Mix in a little bit of Indian as well and you are on your way to learning. There are also differing versions of Southern Thai, Ligor and Chayai being two. I think there are 4 or 5 in total. For example some eastern provinces, NST, Trang and Phattalung have slightly different vocabulary than say Phangnga or Ranong. Same again once you get down to the very deep south of Thailand and the northern Malayan states. Then there are the tones to think about, the situations and then to the age of the person you are talking to and then ................................... I tried and tried and tried to learn but failed miserably. Gave up in the end.
     
     
    Wife is a Nakhon native, and we live in Ranong, La-Un. From what she tells me there is a lot of NST blood here, but she always pucks it out. She generally will ask where they are from. It gets to be a long chat if its Pak Phanang.

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  3. Some immigration offices want a TM30 report done every time you leave and re-enter the country.
    Others only want one if you change addresses. Some never ask for one.
    Thanks Joe, he asked my wife what she does. She told him she tapped for rubber. He asks if I help. She says visa says no work. He says I can help and he'll look the other way. I thought yeah, and my old mans a kipper. 555

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    Just walk up to the ATM in question and check it.  It will usually either have it in writing or the symbol for where you put in the card will have a chip on it showing which direction to insert the chipped end.  Also you can just insert it and check or wait for someone else to walk up to it and try to peek at the debit card.  It will reject the card immediately saying it cannot read card with pin.
     
    Most of the major banks have switched frequented ATMs to chip.  Some of the smaller thai banks or atms that are not too frequented .

    I just didn't want to get there, and find I couldn't withdraw. Money was late being released. Call me paranoid, but it seems its always on a falling pound lol.

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  5. bangkok bank atms can all read chips for some time now. it's the other thai banks that must play catchup.

    i think the other one is Krung Thai. i'm confident it will, for Andaman's sake.

    Yes it is KTB. I have a Kasikorn card. I asked at KTB if it could read chipped cards. Blank look, the she said.
    This KTB bank your card Kasikorn.
    I replied I know, but it's your ATM at the Andaman Club Immigration.
    Then she came back with Can only use card in Kasikorn ATM. I clenched my teeth and left.

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  6. i went to andaman club last week of april and friend went 1 week earlier or so. NOBODY was asked for 20k or any money for that matter.
     
    the worst that would happen is a white note or two would need to be inserted...and that's usually if something is wrong on your side (e.g. too many VE entries)
     
    a third friend no problems either a month earlier. all non-o multiples.
     
     

      
    mostly thais going to gamble and maybe play around in the pool. just the occassional western tourist pass through; usually border run or duty-free gift shop.
     
    interestingly enough though, andaman club thai side has ATMs right in the lobby [emoji48]
     
     
     
     

    I forgot to check if those ATMs can read chipped ATM cards. I live in Ranong, and the 2 nearest me can't.

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  7.  
    That's not how this particular requirement – and also some other parts – of the Immigration Act are meant to be implemented. Imagine how much longer the queues at immigration checkpoints would be if compliance with every single requirement were verified in detail. In other words and luckily for the travellers, for some requirements the immigration officers only need to do spot checks. In my experience, this is the same in other countries to which I have travelled.

    Funny thing is I did not see one foreigner in the Andaman Club. On returning I saw 1 other passport at the Burmese immigration, a blue one. I saw no foreigners in the club. On the Thai side as I returned I saw 1 westerner leaving Thailand. Spot check delay? What delay?

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  8. Well consistency would be nice. Last run from Ranong Andaman Club Pier, gobby cow gives me hard time about 20k and why did we go to Mukdahan etc. I went 13 days early today. Just to ensure I had the cash. Not a word is said. She wasn't there.

    The Burmese side have had a makeover. Chatty and smiles. I nearly missed the boat back, they wanted to know about a book I was reading. So a brief lesson on The Wars of the Roses lol.

     

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  9. I was then asked," why do I have to go out of the country every 3 months"."
     
    Either you choose to do so, or you don't meet the requirements.
     
     

    Cos it's not convenient to have immigration turning up every other month or so, as the Ranong office do a sweep looking for non registered Burmese.

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  10. I'm not sure if something got lost in translation yesterday. We went to the Ranong Grand Andaman pier. My wife was told all we had to do in future, was go with the 20,000 to the main immigration office in Ranong, and I would get another 90 days. She believed they meant no travel across the water to Burma. Next time on town, we'll pop into the office, and get some clarity on this.

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