Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Men Stink?

Perhaps its appropriate that the Thai word for stink is men. Its not pronounced exactly like the English word for adult males, but its pretty damn close. If you hear a Thai say something stinks, you'll hear "men".

The Thai word for a pleasant smell is hom. Ironically its the same word that Thai's use for onions. Today I told the maids "hom mai hom" (onions don't smell great), and they started laughing.

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