7 Reasons Not to Friend a Khmer Woman on Facebook
I know enough westerners that have no comprehension about the implications of posting personal details online. I have had to remove some "friends" due to the idiotic drivel they would post.
At least Khmer have an excuse
At least Khmer have an excuse
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What is it you want to teach Khmers about using Facebook? If you don't like how Khmer kids are using the internet stop internet stalking Khmer kids.
They really need technology lessons from scoffer and ken svay...
They really need technology lessons from scoffer and ken svay...
A hundred fucking stones!
That's not just about Facebook use. That's about whole generations of kids getting and internalizing utterly wrong messages, habits and manners. It's distressing and some people can actually be concerned about greater issues than their little personal spheres.JuggerForHire wrote:What is it you want to teach Khmers about using Facebook? If you don't like how Khmer kids are using the internet stop internet stalking Khmer kids.
They really need technology lessons from scoffer and ken svay...
Yes and also the main problem is that the people designing the program are usually above 50 years old (here I mean academic, not your freelance English teacher). Meaning that they did their education before the internet, even if they used it for more than 10 years they do not see it as a learning tool or something you have to teach about.andyinasia wrote:. Elsewhere, I'd argue that a unit on using the internet would be of extremely high relevance and interest to students anywhere - the reason it doesn't happen is down to inertia and ignorance at management level.
The only English teacher I meet who show a real interest in using the net ( a website about fanfiction) was just out of school, the more mature teacher saw it as a different way to teach exactly as before, for example .
Go on the web site of the newpaper and found an article about such and such subject.
Look at this short video and tell what you think about it.
Write a short essay on such and such and sent it to me by email.
Basically almost exactly the same as before but a little more convenient.
You probably will have to wait that the net generation go up in the education hierarchy to see some real change on this one.
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Ryoon - I don't really agree with that. On this forum alone there are plenty 'silver surfers' who are well versed in the pitfalls of using the internet. We may have been adults when first exposed to the internet but we have used our interest and critical functions to learn how to engage with it wisely.
My concern is not about simply 'liking' naff photos on Facebook; young Cambodians need to learn how to assess reliable news from unsubstantiated rumour, what to make of 'too good to be true' unsolicited emails, how to avoid downloading spyware/trojans etc wrapped up in programs they intend to download, not giving personal details to strangers or to anyone and so on and so forth.
My concern is not about simply 'liking' naff photos on Facebook; young Cambodians need to learn how to assess reliable news from unsubstantiated rumour, what to make of 'too good to be true' unsolicited emails, how to avoid downloading spyware/trojans etc wrapped up in programs they intend to download, not giving personal details to strangers or to anyone and so on and so forth.
I came, I argued, I'm out
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Pretty much any noun can be used as a verb and Andy used 'unfriend' in the appropriate context i.e when discussing facebook contacts.Joon wrote:I already got depressed that "selfie" was consecrated word of the year and that "twerk/twerking" came a close second.scobienz wrote:I feel slightly depressed that:
1) 'unfriend' is now an accepted part if the English language;
2) that one of K440's most intelligent and well-read posters just used it without blushing; and
3) that I knew what he meant.
So... unfriend? I can live with that.
I was perturbed when Oxbridge declared that literally is officially recognised as a synonym for figuratively. Up is down. Black is white.
C'mere c'meye
Languages are organic. And due to the internet, the pace of change of languages in modern times is breath taking relative to that of Shakespeare's time. It's the natural course of things.ali baba wrote: I was perturbed when Oxbridge declared that literally is officially recognised as a synonym for figuratively. Up is down. Black is white.
That being said, I think Twitter marks a new low in society's celebration of the ignorant and the illiterate.
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Phrow phras khoar k-bah - Use your brainJoon wrote:I can't even think of a Khmer phrase for "common sense." Anyone?
Me-uhn khoar k-bah? - Have a brain?
Not the easiest words to write down and you'll probably need a Khmer to help you pronounce them correctly, but i'll use the 'Phrow phras khoar k-bah - Use your brain' phrase when i see my girlfriend do something like try and wash the cat with a blowtorch and sandpaper
Thanks Bonez, but those are more (angry) invectives. I'm trying to think of a phrase that specifically describes the concept of "critical thinking" and/or "common sense."
When talking to my Khmer staff, sometimes I can't find the word for those or even for just "It makes sense" so I always said it in English.
I'm asking because during a discussion with friends, it was argued that if a notion doesn't exist in the indigenous language, then it's difficult for the indigenous persons to conceptualize that notion. Any thoughts?
When talking to my Khmer staff, sometimes I can't find the word for those or even for just "It makes sense" so I always said it in English.
I'm asking because during a discussion with friends, it was argued that if a notion doesn't exist in the indigenous language, then it's difficult for the indigenous persons to conceptualize that notion. Any thoughts?
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I use something along the lines of
មនុស្សម្នាក់អាចគិតថាសម្រាប់ខ្លួនឯង
or
បានគិតខ្លួនឯង
of course, I could be wrong.
មនុស្សម្នាក់អាចគិតថាសម្រាប់ខ្លួនឯង
or
បានគិតខ្លួនឯង
of course, I could be wrong.
Thanks for helping in brainstorming, Notma
The phrase may not exist in Khmer and it has to be constructed from English. Something along the lines: kar kith daoy mean kar vipheark/ការគិតដោយមានការវិភាគ
The phrase may not exist in Khmer and it has to be constructed from English. Something along the lines: kar kith daoy mean kar vipheark/ការគិតដោយមានការវិភាគ
Lucky Lucan wrote: Dunno what nop means, lop means crazy or deranged or something.
It just dawned on me on the way home... But isn't "nop" an approximate transliteration of "gnorp" (ងាប់) which means "to die" but is also commonly used as an exclamation of surprise, horror, or consternation (as in "gnorp haeuy!")LexusSchmexus wrote:Lop=crazy, nop=love
Ot geau gbaa is much simpler with the correct hand signal or mien gbeau gbaadtey with the correct signals. Too many are morons.
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