Comments on: Zebras, Questions, and the Chao Mae Tiger Shrine

By: Zebras in Thailand « World Adventurers

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By: My school

My school — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:56:42 +0000

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By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:02:15 +0000

I imagine a lot of the younger generation’s gestures from both sides would be considered iffy. Kids can get up to such mischief!

By: Tee

Tee — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:21:46 +0000

Cat, in Thailand, rolling eyes in response to older people’s statement is very disrespectful, too.

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:24:45 +0000

Here is an interesting list of western tales: Superstitions and Old Wives’ Tales

(blushing) I know a great deal of them!

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:19:05 +0000

Tee, you brought up a great subject and I would love to hear more Thai versions, so please feel free to share :-)

We used to call them old wives’ tales, or proverbs (?) now they are considered urban legends.

I see that Richard Barrow has a post: Old Wive’s Tales about Eating

From my mother I got, ‘If you stick out your tongue or cross your eyes, your face will freeze that way’.

A generic one is, ‘If you let your cat sleep in the nursery, it will smother the baby’.

They are quite fun now that I’m grown up, but they were irritating when I was still under the influence of elders (inlaws – country aunts and great aunts).

In Thailand, does rolling your eyes in response to older peoples’ statements show the same disrespect it does in the west?