Thaiger Talk Quiz #268 - Nicknames in Thailand

[BigHewer]

Quiz #268 - There are nicknames everywhere you look in Thailand. The capital city, the biggest airport, even the country itself have nicknames. How much do you know? Take this quiz to find out and let us know how you get on.

And now for the answers...

[Ikariotiko]

Certainly easier than previous editions, though I missed the female nickname one.

[Grumpish]

  On 7/24/2024 at 11:39 PM, Ikariotiko said:

Certainly easier than previous editions, though I missed the female nickname one.

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Same here. From a bar stool point of view, I would question the most common female nickname, as well.

[BigHewer]

  On 7/25/2024 at 12:01 AM, Grumpish said:

Same here. From a bar stool point of view, I would question the most common female nickname, as well.

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Yes, option B) surprised me, too. I would have thought A) or C).

Option D) is more of an MO rather than a nickname from the bar perspective.

[Fanta]

4/5. May - really? OK.. 

[SnapDragon]

Three from the five.

Thought 'Nok' or 'Noi' might be in the mix for names.

[Marc26]

Same

4 out of 5 and got the name wrong

[BigHewer]

The female nickname is a surprising one. I would have thought 'Noi'. 

I wrote this quiz some time ago, and the source document from the Ministry of Culture is now a dead link on Wikipedia. There are references to the research in various blogs on the Internet, such as here: https://learnthaiwithmod.com/2013/06/top-10-common-thai-nicknames-and-some-weird-ones/

I guess if they redid the survey and limited the sample to Loi Kroh Road, it'd be a very different top ten 

[Marc26]

  On 7/25/2024 at 11:57 PM, BigHewer said:

The female nickname is a surprising one. I would have thought 'Noi'. 

I wrote this quiz some time ago, and the source document from the Ministry of Culture is now a dead link on Wikipedia. There are references to the research in various blogs on the Internet, such as here: https://learnthaiwithmod.com/2013/06/top-10-common-thai-nicknames-and-some-weird-ones/

I guess if they redid the survey and limited the sample to Loi Kroh Road, it'd be a very different top ten 

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It really is surprising 

I've met a 1000 Noi's and one May

Speaking of nicknames

One of my wife's friends here in Vancouver has a bit of money and her broker in Thailand was losing her money so she asked me to put her with one of our advisors at my firm 

Her email came over as "Porn"

I had to delicately explain to her she may want to change her email heading 5555

[BigHewer]

  On 7/26/2024 at 12:10 AM, Marc26 said:

It really is surprising 

I've met a 1000 Noi's and one May

Speaking of nicknames

One of my wife's friends here in Vancouver has a bit of money and her broker in Thailand was losing her money so she asked me to put her with one of our advisors at my firm 

Her email came over as "Porn"

I had to delicately explain to her she may want to change her email heading 5555

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About 20 years ago I met a fellow from Nigeria here in Japan at a community Japanese study group. Very nice, humble guy. Unfortunately for him, his name was "Yariman", which means "sl*t" in Japanese. Geez. 555

[DwizzleyMatthews]

4 out of 5 for moi aussi.

As the others i missed the nickname question.

I thought a break from the forum might have improved my general knowledge but obviously not

[BigHewer]

  On 7/27/2024 at 3:49 AM, DwizzleyMatthews said:

4 out of 5 for moi aussi.

As the others i missed the nickname question.

I thought a break from the forum might have improved my general knowledge but obviously not

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