Bargirl speak translations.
“This my brother.” – “This is my Thai boyfriend.”
“This my sister.” – “We’ve been toiling here together for the past two years, which is about the only family relationship we have apart from the fact that we’re from the same village.”
“Hello, handsome man!” – “Hello, enticing wallet!”
“I want take care you.” – “I want to clean out your wallet.”
“I only work here one week.” – “Yes, I’ve been only working here for one week, but I’ve already been through six different other joints in my 10-year career.”
“Where you come from?” – “In case you’re German or Italian, scram!”
“Tomorrow my grandmother bird day.” – “Slip me a couple of hundred Baht, sucker, because my grandma’s been dead for ten years already.”
“Water buffalo sick.” – “I want you to pay for a new house for my family.”
“How about Germany?” – “I am a transvestite and would like to go work in Frankfurt.”
“You very funny.” – “You bore me to death. Just buy me another lady’s drink and stop groping my crotch, old man!”
“I want stay with you forever.” – “Please pay the barfine.”
“Where hotel you stay?” – “Is your hotel’s security weak enough so I can take off unharmed with your expensive SLR camera?”
“You have lady before?” – “How knowledgeable are you about our scams?”
“How many time you come Thailand?” – “What is the potential of exploiting you further?”
“Why you no like me? I like you too much!” – “I’m afraid you may have seen behind my charade.”
“You teacher in Thailand?” – “You know too much about Thailand.”
“I go dancing now.” – “Another customer is waiting. You’re not the only sucker I serve.”
Drew
“This my brother.” – “This is my Thai boyfriend.”
“This my sister.” – “We’ve been toiling here together for the past two years, which is about the only family relationship we have apart from the fact that we’re from the same village.”
“Hello, handsome man!” – “Hello, enticing wallet!”
“I want take care you.” – “I want to clean out your wallet.”
“I only work here one week.” – “Yes, I’ve been only working here for one week, but I’ve already been through six different other joints in my 10-year career.”
“Where you come from?” – “In case you’re German or Italian, scram!”
“Tomorrow my grandmother bird day.” – “Slip me a couple of hundred Baht, sucker, because my grandma’s been dead for ten years already.”
“Water buffalo sick.” – “I want you to pay for a new house for my family.”
“How about Germany?” – “I am a transvestite and would like to go work in Frankfurt.”
“You very funny.” – “You bore me to death. Just buy me another lady’s drink and stop groping my crotch, old man!”
“I want stay with you forever.” – “Please pay the barfine.”
“Where hotel you stay?” – “Is your hotel’s security weak enough so I can take off unharmed with your expensive SLR camera?”
“You have lady before?” – “How knowledgeable are you about our scams?”
“How many time you come Thailand?” – “What is the potential of exploiting you further?”
“Why you no like me? I like you too much!” – “I’m afraid you may have seen behind my charade.”
“You teacher in Thailand?” – “You know too much about Thailand.”
“I go dancing now.” – “Another customer is waiting. You’re not the only sucker I serve.”
Drew