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Old 10-09-2009, 12:42 PM
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Re: Bangkok Field Report

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Originally Posted by indianmagicoil View Post
Kop kun mak krap!
Quick question coming up, dear friend.. why is it that the last time I told a taxi driver "khop khun mak khrup" (which I presume translates to "Thank you very much"), the driver looked at me like I was some kind of alien? Is this a legitimate phrase at all? The next few times I said thank you, I dropped the "mak" and their reactions were back to normal. They respond with a polite "khrup pom" which I assume means "same to you too".

I'll be back there by this time tomorrow but my Thai still sucks.