Funny Khmer (English) names
Funny Khmer (English) names
Ok, just found out that we've got a staff member called 'Touch Nob' and have only just recovered from laughing out loud (not in front of the staff obviously, ahem). Made me wonder what other Khmenglish names are out there that cause a titter or two?
Naturally 'Touch' in Khmer means 'small' - which makes this one comedy gold from two angles, anyone else got some gooduns to share on a Friday afternoon?
[edit: for any Khmers out there, what funny English names have you come across - I know 'Joy in Cambodia' was a particularly good NGO name a while back ... ]
Naturally 'Touch' in Khmer means 'small' - which makes this one comedy gold from two angles, anyone else got some gooduns to share on a Friday afternoon?
[edit: for any Khmers out there, what funny English names have you come across - I know 'Joy in Cambodia' was a particularly good NGO name a while back ... ]
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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I know a guy named "Am Sory" - very nice guy, although a bit over-apologetic.Spigzy wrote:Ok, just found out that we've got a staff member called 'Touch Nob' and have only just recovered from laughing out loud (not in front of the staff obviously, ahem). Made me wonder what other Khmenglish names are out there that cause a titter or two?
Naturally 'Touch' in Khmer means 'small' - which makes this one comedy gold from two angles, anyone else got some gooduns to share on a Friday afternoon?
[edit: for any Khmers out there, what funny English names have you come across - I know 'Joy in Cambodia' was a particularly good NGO name a while back ... ]
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Had a female student named 'Hour Tit Mony'.
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I once met a Thai girl called 'Titty Porn'
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[quote="Iridesce"] oh my god[/quote
Hey that's my name.
Hey that's my name.
I am just a nobody
But one day I will be a somebody really important
And you all will be wanting to shake my hand
and say
Hey you, you are my friend.
But one day I will be a somebody really important
And you all will be wanting to shake my hand
and say
Hey you, you are my friend.
Mey Hour (My Whore)
and Sambo always makes me chuckle
and Sambo always makes me chuckle
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I worked with a 'Camry' a few years back. Taught a Srey Coit, too. I was the only one in the class that found that funny. I also worked alongside a 'Joyce' which Khmers pronounced 'Joy'. And I've met several pale-skinned khmers called 'Barang' - several khmer names really state the obvious. Srey pouv, srey mouy, srey toich.
It's great when a student called Ponleu lives up to his moniker.
It's great when a student called Ponleu lives up to his moniker.
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I once taught a Srey Lisa who was actually a boy. No surprise then that he turned out to be as gay as a tree full of parrots.horace wrote:I had a Tai Hour and a boy named Srey
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And it was an anti-prostitution NGO to boot.Spigzy wrote:[edit: for any Khmers out there, what funny English names have you come across - I know 'Joy in Cambodia' was a particularly good NGO name a while back ... ]
Knew an English teacher here from Malaysia whose name was Joy. Worked at an English school in Sihanoukville. Her students had a hard time bringing themselves to call her by her name. Insisted on calling her 'Teacher' no matter how many times she told them to call her Mrs. Joy.
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I don't blame then. I wouldn't be able to call my teacher 'Mrs Fuck' either. So don't forget this thing works both ways as I've met Khmers who find a certain former Wimbledon and Newcastle soccer manager's name to be laugh-out-loud hilarious. That's Joe Kinnear, by the way.LTO wrote:And it was an anti-prostitution NGO to boot.Spigzy wrote:[edit: for any Khmers out there, what funny English names have you come across - I know 'Joy in Cambodia' was a particularly good NGO name a while back ... ]
Knew an English teacher here from Malaysia whose name was Joy. Worked at an English school in Sihanoukville. Her students had a hard time bringing themselves to call her by her name. Insisted on calling her 'Teacher' no matter how many times she told them to call her Mrs. Joy.
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