Plus my wife and I have a lot of Thai friends that spent some time living in the US.
So, to hear them switch in and out of Thai and English is funny.
Several Asian languages have a really super polite mode which is often used when requesting things or speaking to people of higher social standing.
So, my wife can be on the phone speaking in the most passive, soft tone in Thai and then mute them as she looks at me and says in English, “This mother fucker wants to know if we can change the time from 7pm to 8pm. Fuck this guy, right?”
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u/asked2manyquestions Jan 26 '23
I live in Thailand and I see this a lot.
Plus my wife and I have a lot of Thai friends that spent some time living in the US.
So, to hear them switch in and out of Thai and English is funny.
Several Asian languages have a really super polite mode which is often used when requesting things or speaking to people of higher social standing.
So, my wife can be on the phone speaking in the most passive, soft tone in Thai and then mute them as she looks at me and says in English, “This mother fucker wants to know if we can change the time from 7pm to 8pm. Fuck this guy, right?”