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**v74ClzKY** · 09-21-2012, 01:50 PM

The almost official use of nicknames

... and the sincerity with which they use them! Imagine calling your boss "Khun moo", i.e. Mister Pig, with the most respect you can sum up, without grinning!
Or somebody being introduced to you as Sister Fish. I always found it hard not to laugh, mostly because when I first got there many names were exactly at the level of words I was just learning. I was often reminded of the 'Manee' books with all the easy animals they introduce there!

09-21-2012, 01:50 PM	#16
v74ClzKY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	The almost official use of nicknames ... and the sincerity with which they use them! Imagine calling your boss "Khun moo", i.e. Mister Pig, with the most respect you can sum up, without grinning! Or somebody being introduced to you as Sister Fish. I always found it hard not to laugh, mostly because when I first got there many names were exactly at the level of words I was just learning. I was often reminded of the 'Manee' books with all the easy animals they introduce there!
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