The conduct of both the court official and the town's mayor is considered to be a very poor examples, indeed, and indicating that someone is talking about, "small, little dogs" is a big insult!
The kingdom needed more pork production, so a high official was sent to the countryside to issue the order. The official was from the King's court and spoke a high class form of Thai and so proclaimed to the listening villagers at one distant town to produce more, "Sukon". When the official left, they asked the town's "Big Man" what were "sukon". The "Big Man" didn't know but pretended and said, "The King wants small, little dogs". And "Big Man" Lee has been a national fool, ever since.
The conduct of both the court official and the town's mayor is considered to be a very poor examples, indeed, and indicating that someone is talking about, "small, little dogs" is a big insult!
tongmaa 1 month ago
The kingdom needed more pork production, so a high official was sent to the countryside to issue the order. The official was from the King's court and spoke a high class form of Thai and so proclaimed to the listening villagers at one distant town to produce more, "Sukon". When the official left, they asked the town's "Big Man" what were "sukon". The "Big Man" didn't know but pretended and said, "The King wants small, little dogs". And "Big Man" Lee has been a national fool, ever since.
tongmaa 1 month ago