Yesterday I took my first Thai language lesson in Chiang Mai, and my excellent and funny teacher at TSL (Thai as a Second Language school) helped me with pronounciation and vocabulary. Halfway through the lesson, I told her I’d been having trouble asking for bottled water at shops.
She asked how I was asking for it, and when I pronounced “nom yay”, she was rolling on the floor with laughter.
Apparently, “nom yay” in Thai means “big breast”, นมใหญ่. Picture a foreign man on a bicycle walking up to a woman at a small shop in the middle of nowhere and asking for a big breast. Yeah, that explains the looks I’ve been getting!
Instead, I should be asking for “naám yay”, น้ำใหญ่.
A very important lesson, indeed! Looking forward to learning more…
I guess it’s better than asking for breast water. Love that you’re taking lessons and I get the feeling you have a knack for it.
Love and jugs, I mean hugs.
Too funny! Thanks for sharing! (I needed the laugh today!) 🙂
HAHAHA 😆😆😆😆