Would You Ever Say This Thai In The West

[Khutan]

Just came across this strange idiom.

It doesn't need translating, but if you went into a restaurant in the west would you say this ??

Sorry I can't get the fint size big, you will have to cut and paste it.

เช้าฟาดผัดฟัก เย็นฟาดฟักผัด

I know it means this :

"Eat stir-fried squash in the morning; Eat squash stir-fried in the evening."

But if you can read it, say it aloud a few times.

[Firefoxx]

I was always under the impression that it was an enunciation practice phrase, sort of like "she sells sea shells by the seashore". In other words, it has no real meaning.

[Khutan]

Yes, true, but saying it aloud with an English ear nearby, gives it a different feeling.

[Firefoxx]

Oh, the fug part. Of course you sort of have poetic license when you're speaking in a different language. Simply saying "here!" many times in the west and in Thailand can have very different results.

[boris]

Oh, the fug part.  Of course you sort of have poetic license when you're speaking in a different language.  Simply saying "here!" many times in the west and in Thailand can have very different results.

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To reverse the usual phrase, only try this at home -preferably by yourself

[the scouser]

sort of like "she sells sea shells by the seashore".

Try:-

I'm not a pheasant plucker but the pheasant plucker's son and I'm only plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes.

Scouse.

[fire and ice]

Oh, the fug part. Of course you sort of have poetic license when you're speaking in a different language. Simply saying "here!" many times in the west and in Thailand can have very different results.

Not to mention saying "yet" a lot in front of Thais!

[Ajarn]

Oh, the fug part.  Of course you sort of have poetic license when you're speaking in a different language.  Simply saying "here!" many times in the west and in Thailand can have very different results.

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Brits and simalar accents sound out 'here' like 'hia', but not canadians and yanks, I think.

In Chiang Mai "Sir" is the local giggle...Same sound as 'stupid' in the local language.... Hello, stupid! Can I help you, stupid! Stupid, where are you from? ....giggle, giggle..