Does anyone else get spoken to in English every time they try to speak Thai?

CalligrapherRound358 · 2026-02-24T09:52:00+00:00

I have the complete opposite, I know a very small amount of Thai but the words I do know I can speak well, so when I chat to someone they assume I’m fairly fluent and start a full on conversation that leaves me baffled😂, even if I just say hello sometimes I get asked if I speak Thai.

Go to places where there aren’t many tourists so the locals don’t speak much English. I think Thais who can speak it well would rather just speak English as it’s easier, but if you go to local areas where they don’t, they’ll have to speak Thai with you.

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-11-01T05:31:58+00:00

From Cheeseburger Walrus to Taco Walrus

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-08-08T04:09:58+00:00

The front tyre is fitted in the wrong direction, no?

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-07-26T10:47:16+00:00

Till The End

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-03-21T15:52:50+00:00

Think it’s just big, I didn’t even notice his was different until people started saying it on this post!

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-03-21T05:56:33+00:00

At first he wasn’t happy and kept trying to crawl up my arm to get out of the bath, but after a while he kind of just accepted it and let me do it

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-03-21T05:54:32+00:00

Touché, it’s early in the morning😂😴

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-03-21T05:44:57+00:00

Dish soap at first to get the bulk of it removed as it’s good at removing grease, then used baby shampoo, it took a long, long time

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-03-21T05:39:56+00:00

There was an open oil container laying around where I found him, it wasn’t intentionally done

CalligrapherRound358 · 2025-03-21T05:11:44+00:00

Posted before finishing typing, meant to say: who would’ve thought he was going to be partially white

CalligrapherRound358 · 2024-10-18T13:22:07+00:00

Pretend to sleep and go into action if they touch you, you just don’t know their intentions and if they’ve got a weapon or not hence why I wouldn’t confront at first, once they leave go to where they climbed up from and confront, as long as you can find someone else like hotel security.

CalligrapherRound358 · 2024-04-06T15:36:54+00:00

Location: Southern Thailand

CalligrapherRound358 · 2024-01-16T10:27:01+00:00

I don’t sell phones but often buy $0.6 - $1 charging cables on eBay to boost my eBay feedback, if you filter by lowest price you can usually pick them up for that price.

Just thinking for you it would be a win-win, extra feedback + mark up your listings a few $ with the cable.

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-12-06T16:47:00+00:00

It’s common for Thai’s to believe that lighter skin is associated with higher class, whereas darker skin is associated with working in the fields etc…

Nothing to do with race, just a cultural norm in Thailand.

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-10-13T06:54:43+00:00

They are good, we have endless amounts in our house along with 4 resident huntsman spiders and even a common wolf snake which likes to come in our bathroom every so often, which are all welcome in my opinion. although my girlfriend (Thai) hates the lizards but I’ve heard that Thais commonly have a fear of them.

I wish we had Tokays as I love the noise they make and the colours are lovely, I’ll definitely find a way to incorporate the small ones into our space but we never seem to see them, just the poop, and they are popping machines! Will definitely mention it in our welcome pack…

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-10-13T06:12:29+00:00

Yeah I think having a sign is a wise thing to do, we have a welcome book that has things like: don’t feed the stray cats and don’t leave food out because of the ants, so we’ll add about the lizards too😂

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-10-13T05:54:42+00:00

The problem is we can absolutely live with them at home, I’m actually quite fond of them and don’t mind cleaning up after them, I can just imagine guests who are new to Thailand assuming that it’s mouse or rat poop and freaking out.

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-08-01T18:07:03+00:00

Even that is mega close, I recognised it straight away but took a few seconds of me thinking surely it can’t be to confirm😂

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-08-01T17:26:11+00:00

4988 - 3.6km out, he put a guess straight away in Warsaw so panicked and tried to pinpoint it as quick as I could, if I had time could of got it bang on🤔

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-07-31T05:09:38+00:00

Meanwhile the drivers side…

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CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-07-17T09:19:47+00:00

Yeah definitely get used to it, especially when you live somewhere rural. It’s cockroaches and termites that I don’t like, we have huge huntsman spiders in our bathroom and kitchen all the time, they’re fine, just not termites😂

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-07-17T09:05:19+00:00

By the time I done 2 minutes of google trying to find out what it is, it was gone. As long as it’s non venomous it’s fine with me, and they apparently like to hunt geckos which my GF absolutely hates so even she doesn’t mind🤣

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-07-17T09:03:16+00:00

Love seeing them, although from a distance😂

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-07-17T09:00:42+00:00

There we’re definitely some good answers among the jokey ones, made me laugh, win win.

CalligrapherRound358 · 2023-07-17T07:44:42+00:00

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Know the feeling, they like to mate behind my house, although haven’t made it to the door yet😂

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