Thailand is a land of silly nicknames, or 'play names' as they call them, and just about everyone has one (see this article from IHT). Actual Thai names are such long testaments most people only know the names of people close to them. That means the most accomplished people will introduce themselves as 'Bird' (nok) or 'Shrimp' (khun) or 'Chicken' (guy) or 'Pig' (moo)! I got carried away with animal names ... But English numbers are a trend too like 'First,' and then there's any number of letters: 'A,' 'D' or 'M.' It's also nice that they are gender neutral and just plain funny.
And I want one! If only because the accent butchers my name--having no 'v' sound, people pronounce my name with a horrid drawn out 'w' which ends up sounding like wwwwaaaaaaaaa. So I've chosen some for this blog: 'A' is common for the first born of the family, as am I, so I may refer to myself as 'A,' or aj. for ajarn as some students call me. Or Daeng for Red, or just aj.D. Some of my colleagues have called me Nong Suay and Warunee, but I just can't mange to say, 'Hi, I'm Beautiful Sister,' or 'Pretty Girl!' Anyway, some friends here get a kick out habitually of mispronouncing my name. So I'll have to try new names on the next person I meet.
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Hola es un placer leer tu pag web and I think uncle rick work fine as a nick name, maybe you'll like to try it again,luv. aunt D
thanks aunt D. uncle rick or ricky's 'duppy' works too ...
Eva, why would these names ever shoke you, we come from a place where people are callled: Plywood, Negative, Rubbersex, Mr. Chocolate, Gasoline, among others!
here are some of the things that i came up with that are "red" related:
red faced
red herring
redneck
seeing red
red tide
red alert
red light
red light district
"better dead than red" (cold war era!)
red phones (d.c.-moscow connection, another cold war term)
the above terms have negative connotation - at least in english. for easterners (china, vietnam, korea etc.) red is associated with luck and happniness!! there u go, ajarn daeng!
other things red:
redskins (d.c. football team)
red sox
sayings & titles:
"red sky in the morning, sailor's warning; red sky at night, sailor's delight" (at least true in the chesapeake bay area where i sail)
"the red pony" (j. steinbeck)
"the hunt for the red october"
"behind the red mist" (novel by ho anh thai, vietnamese writer)
"le ballon rouge" ("the red balloon" - french advant-garde movie about a boy and his red balloon - 60s era)
"the lady in red"
enjoy,
og
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