DSA 2011
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firefly38:
haha me too long time never heard this word! sure brings back some childhood memories ~verykiasu2010:
check with hokkien dictionary ?
\"hao tai\" does sound like a hokkien word which my grandfather used to scold me & my siblings when we were small, for being.. well.. stupid (not that we were, but in his eyes lah!).
another word my parents like to use on us is \"Jin Tuh!\" a bit hard to put into english phonics but i think it translates into 真蠢
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Intermezzo:
haha me too long time never heard this word! sure brings back some childhood memories ~firefly38:
[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]check with hokkien dictionary ?
\"hao tai\" does sound like a hokkien word which my grandfather used to scold me & my siblings when we were small, for being.. well.. stupid (not that we were, but in his eyes lah!).
another word my parents like to use on us is \"Jin Tuh!\" a bit hard to put into english phonics but i think it translates into 真蠢[/quote]I remember hearing words like peng tang - 饭桶 , suku.
My impression of hao tai is more like silly, a fool. Don't recall it as being stupid. Maybe different usage? -
Intermezzo:
haha me too long time never heard this word! sure brings back some childhood memories ~firefly38:
[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]check with hokkien dictionary ?
\"hao tai\" does sound like a hokkien word which my grandfather used to scold me & my siblings when we were small, for being.. well.. stupid (not that we were, but in his eyes lah!).
another word my parents like to use on us is \"Jin Tuh!\" a bit hard to put into english phonics but i think it translates into 真蠢[/quote]..or another one my parent use \"peh bark gui\" 
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chamonix:
I remember hearing words like peng tang - 饭桶 , suku.
haha me too long time never heard this word! sure brings back some childhood memories ~Intermezzo:
[quote=\"firefly38\"]\"hao tai\" does sound like a hokkien word which my grandfather used to scold me & my siblings when we were small, for being.. well.. stupid (not that we were, but in his eyes lah!).
another word my parents like to use on us is \"Jin Tuh!\" a bit hard to put into english phonics but i think it translates into 真蠢
My impression of hao tai is more like silly, a fool. Don't recall it as being stupid. Maybe different usage?[/quote]I don't like my DS to use the word \"stupid\" cos I think it sounds rather rude. So I always tell him to use silly instead if he really need to say \"stupid\". So does \"silly\" = \"stupid\"??? Maybe a nicer way to describe \"stupid\"??? oopppsss... :offtopic: -
chill … I don’t think Strparent meant it in a negative sense. His/her ds was from GEP too and in RI now (if I did not misread his posts). Can’t be that he is belittling his son, right?
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CloudeeDaz:
..or another one my parent use \"peh bark gui\"
haha me too long time never heard this word! sure brings back some childhood memories ~Intermezzo:
[quote=\"firefly38\"]
\"hao tai\" does sound like a hokkien word which my grandfather used to scold me & my siblings when we were small, for being.. well.. stupid (not that we were, but in his eyes lah!).
another word my parents like to use on us is \"Jin Tuh!\" a bit hard to put into english phonics but i think it translates into 真蠢
oops :offtopic:[/quote]:rotflmao: gosh, have heard of \"hao tai\", \"png tang\" (饭桶), \"jin tuh\" (真蠢), \"su ku\", \"tuh nao\" (猪脑) etc, but have not heard of \"peh bark gui\"! does it mean \"white eyes ghost\" (白眼鬼)? :offtopic:
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Oh ya one more ..... Gong Tua tai ..... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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chamonix:
chill ... I don't think Strparent meant it in a negative sense. His/her ds was from GEP too and in RI now (if I did not misread his posts). Can't be that he is belittling his son, right?
not to worry, chamonix.. it has evolved into a light-hearted discussion of the many 'funny' terms used by our old folks on us, and which we have not heard for ages.. seems like many of us belong to the same era.. brings back fond memories...
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CloudeeDaz:
[/quote]..or another one my parent use \"peh bark gui\"
haha me too long time never heard this word! sure brings back some childhood memories ~Intermezzo:
[quote=\"firefly38\"]
\"hao tai\" does sound like a hokkien word which my grandfather used to scold me & my siblings when we were small, for being.. well.. stupid (not that we were, but in his eyes lah!).
another word my parents like to use on us is \"Jin Tuh!\" a bit hard to put into english phonics but i think it translates into 真蠢
:rotflmao: gosh, have heard of \"hao tai\", \"png tang\" (饭桶), \"jin tuh\" (真蠢), \"su ku\", \"tuh nao\" (猪脑) etc, but have not heard of \"peh bark gui\"! does it mean \"white eyes ghost\" (白眼鬼)? :
Wow! This is DSA or learning dialect site ah :rotflmao:
Anyway, I think strparent meant to say 'kids will honestly tell d truth' lah
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vlim:
Oh ya one more ..... Gong Tua tai ..... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
gosh, what is that??? 讲大台??? i only heard of \"lei tai sor kong kor si\" (李大傻讲故事)! :rotflmao:
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