Speaking loudly and slowly...
Speaking loudly and slowly...
Do the locals appreciate it more when foreigners speak in that kind of kid like pigeon English rather than normal speed? I tend to speak normally, but I’m constantly surprised by the amount of people who don’t...maybe I’m doing it wrong, I don’t know.
Of course they like being spoken to like retards
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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You have a choice of either speaking Khmer, or English. There is nothing wrong with speaking English slowly and trying to pronounce clearly to people who understand English well already but still need to catch the words. Sometimes you may have to simplify by avoiding tricky language, or using local pronunciation for place names etc. However, speaking that garbage bar-girl English that seems to be popular in Thailand is totally fucked, nobody I know does it or I'd disown them. Speaking the local language or your own language is fine, speaking Pattayan hooker lingo ain't gonna make it.
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i speak pigeon English even to other English speakers like Americans and Australians and Southerners, my Northern/East Midlands tongue and dialect is hard to understand,Indiana wrote:Do the locals appreciate it more when foreigners speak in that kind of kid like pigeon English rather than normal speed? I tend to speak normally, but I’m constantly surprised by the amount of people who don’t...maybe I’m doing it wrong, I don’t know.
its one reason why i like learning Khmer, its far more easy for me to converse lol
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