KHAO PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE

[CharlesLittle]

Not quite true. Surin Khmer is the name of a distinct language. It is spoken in all northern Cambodian provinces. Maybe the statement is true much further south but not at the border.

I believe the dialect is know as Northern Khmer, after it's roots. As well as Surin it's spoken in Buriram, Sissaket and Sakeaw.

 

[Coffee]

I wonder how many Khmer speakers crossed the border into Thailand (one way or another) once Pol Pot's reeducation plan hit second gear.

 

[Youngagain]

My wife told me the opposite.

The dialect is called "Northern Khmer". Spoken in Surin, Buriram, Sissaket and Sakeaw. Also, not surprisingly, in Northern Cambodia.

Northern Khmer or Surin Khmer, Khmer Surin, all the same. We went across the border 2008 to a small Casino near the Chong Chom crossing. The staff couldn’t understand my relatives there but they spoke Thai and English.

 

[Youngagain]

I wonder how many Khmer speakers crossed the border into Thailand (one way or another) once Pol Pot's reeducation plan hit second gear.

Yeah that’s a good point.

 

[gotlost]

Yeah that’s a good point.

Most Khmer that cross legally speak Engels .

 

[Cent]

I wonder how many Khmer speakers crossed the border into Thailand (one way or another) once Pol Pot's reeducation plan hit second gear.

Pol Pot actually stayed at the Thong Tarin hotel in Surin for some time at one point. I believe it was after his regime fell to the VN.

 

[Youngagain]

Pol Pot actually stayed at the Thong Tarin hotel in Surin for some time at one point. I believe it was after his regime fell to the VN.

I didn’t know that.

 

[CO-CO]

Pol Pot actually stayed at the Thong Tarin hotel in Surin for some time at one point. I believe it was after his regime fell to the VN.

He was cremated at Anlong Veng which is just over the border.

He would have been given safe harbour in Thailand.

 

[Youngagain]

He was cremated at Anlong Veng which is just over the border.

He would have been given safe harbour in Thailand.

I saw a documentary years ago where people could visit the gravesite guarded by ex Khmer Rouge soldiers. They wanted 20 dollars US for the visit. This would have been soon after his death and didn’t last long.

 

[gotlost]

I saw a documentary years ago where people could visit the gravesite guarded by ex Khmer Rouge soldiers. They wanted 20 dollars US for the visit. This would have been soon after his death and didn’t last long.

I saw a video on YOUTUB of a man pissing on Pol Pot grave. YT took it down.

 

[Youngagain]

I saw a video on YOUTUB of a man pissing on Pol Pot grave. YT took it down.

Couldn’t blame the bloke for doing that.

 

[FERRET]

I saw a video on YOUTUB of a man pissing on Pol Pot grave. YT took it down.

I would have SHAT in it.

 

[gotlost]

Pol Pot grave. Cambodia near Thai border

 

[Ivor the Engine]

Pol Pot actually stayed at the Thong Tarin hotel in Surin for some time at one point. I believe it was after his regime fell to the VN.

Frank Schnideriet, (RIP) who had the Berlin Bar in Kola told me about that. He had an entire floor and used to 'ship in' young Cambodian girls for visiting UN deligates.

 

[Youngagain]

Frank Schnideriet, (RIP) who had the Berlin Bar in Kola told me about that. He had an entire floor and used to 'ship in' young Cambodian girls for visiting UN deligates.

Interesting.