Chewin in the Chung: Thaicoup

Thursday, September 21, 2006

New ruling council

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Shows royal favor

Anonymous said...: Haiku is gay. To prove it, here's a little composition of my own: (Note the title is a HOMOphone of the one you posted.)

(Tai2 Ku4)
bing1lang2, wi1shi2bi1,
tuo2xie2, kai1che1 wang2ba1dan4.
wo3 che1 zui4 da4 sheng1.

(roughly translated)
(Tai Cool)
Betel-nut, Whisby,
Flip-flops, Drive like an asshole.
My car is loudest.; 6:02 PM
Chaon said...: Dude, I know your Chinese is like a billion times better than mine, but shouldn't the title be "tai2 ke4"?; 9:23 PM
Anonymous said...: tai2 ke4 would be the person who is tai2 (as in "ni2 hen3 tai2").

I intentionally used the adjectives tai2 and ku4 (as in "shou1 bu4 liao3 de ku4!") so it would have the same sound as "Thai coup". (Get it, HOMOphone?)

Also, blow me.; 10:11 PM
Chaon said...: Ok, got it. I've never heard anyone say "shou1 bu4 liao3 de ku4", and I was thrown off by the betelnut and Whisby, classic hallmarks of tai2ke4.

Can we change the last line to:
"Wo3 de che3 zui4 biang4" ?; 8:48 AM
Red A said...: Sho Bu de Liao de Ku sounds much better poetically.; 10:41 AM

Thursday, September 21, 2006