Funny Khmer (English) names
I wish I could hear how foreigners pronounce Cambodia's Minister of Economy and Finance's name: Aun Porn Moniroth.
I know that Cambodian people have an embarrassing/fun time with Korean name "Choi". (Which apparently is actually pronounced "che" in Korean...)
I know that Cambodian people have an embarrassing/fun time with Korean name "Choi". (Which apparently is actually pronounced "che" in Korean...)
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Great thread. I'll add a couple of off topics If I may. Colleague's phone conversation in my office in Nigeria once : Hi who's that ?
Monday - oh ok
Can I speak to Tuesday
Tell him it's Sunday on the line.
Neville Neville - father of ex Man Utd duo Gary & Phil. After listening to my mates girlfriend laughing a lot during a Spurs game, I believe if your surname is Dawson, depending on pronunciation you could be on a hiding to nothing in Thailand. ( small dick )
Monday - oh ok
Can I speak to Tuesday
Tell him it's Sunday on the line.
Neville Neville - father of ex Man Utd duo Gary & Phil. After listening to my mates girlfriend laughing a lot during a Spurs game, I believe if your surname is Dawson, depending on pronunciation you could be on a hiding to nothing in Thailand. ( small dick )
"Everywhere we go .. people want to know ...who we are... where we come from !"
Tartan Army retired foot soldier
Tartan Army retired foot soldier
Even better that 'Hour' is apparently pronounced 'Whore' by Khmers. As in Ly Hour the money exchange placeandyinasia wrote:Had a female student named 'Hour Tit Mony'.
Not everyone is born equal, that is the Spartan code
Mmh not really. It's pronounced nothing like "whore". It's more like "who are".Spartan wrote:Even better that 'Hour' is apparently pronounced 'Whore' by Khmers. As in Ly Hour the money exchange placeandyinasia wrote:Had a female student named 'Hour Tit Mony'.
Closest to "whore" would be "hor" and even then, it's an open O like in "horse".
I had a hell of a time with two Hors in my office a couple of years back - one was fully into customer care, the other just wanted to know about the money!
(doesn't top Bola Salami I had to work with at RBS though ...!)
(doesn't top Bola Salami I had to work with at RBS though ...!)
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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Khmers don't have a monopoly on funny names in this country.
Country’s First Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated
The Chabad Jewish Center in Phnom Penh on Friday held a ceremony in Kandal province to inaugurate Cambodia’s first Jewish cemetery there.
It was followed by a burial service for a 56-year-old Israeli man, who became the first person to be interred at the new site.
More than a dozen members of the local Jewish community turned out in Ponhea Leu district for the inauguration and the burial service of 56-year-old Shekalim Mukerjee, which was led by the chief rabbi of Thailand, Joseph Kantor.
The Chabad Jewish Center on Street 228, which is run by 30-year-old Rabbi Bentzion Butman, sponsored the funeral, and the young rabbi from Brooklyn assisted in the ceremony.
Having lived in Cambodia for the past five years, Rabbi Butman had never performed a funeral service, so he invited Thailand’s chief rabbi to come to Phnom Penh to lead the service, as he did not want to take instruction over the phone.
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its not a khmer chick, but vietnamese. nice choice of names though
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12? It's true! They've taken over!prahocalypse now wrote:Khmers don't have a monopoly on funny names in this country.
Country’s First Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated
More than a dozen members of the local Jewish community turned out
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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I met an Orthodox Jewish guy on the water front a year or 2 back. I was totally surprised to see that they actually had a presence here.vladimir wrote:12? It's true! They've taken over!prahocalypse now wrote:Khmers don't have a monopoly on funny names in this country.
Country’s First Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated
More than a dozen members of the local Jewish community turned out
I lived in Israel for about 4 months back in 1974 working and living with Israelis. I've read a lot about the Jews in my lifetime and you have to think that they are one of the most maligned entities/religions in the history of the world.
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and this is why i dont really have any khmers on my facebook or anything like that
its fucking embarrassing to read shit like this from them all the time
its fucking embarrassing to read shit like this from them all the time
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I know, but what do you expect from a total nob?Captain Bonez wrote:and this is why i dont really have any khmers on my facebook or anything like that
its fucking embarrassing to read shit like this from them all the time
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How are the names pronounced phonetically? I always struggle with this and I've read killing field memoirs since I was 11 years old. So, Kunthea is literally 'Kun' ["u" as in "umbrella"] 'TEE-UH' [like sangria]?
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