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"ตู้ม้าเถื่อน"

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"ตู้ม้าเถื่อน"

Postby David and Bui » Tue May 27, 2014 1:00 am

"คสช.แถลงพบนายทุนตู้ม้าเถื่อนจ่ายเงินระดมคนออกมาชุมนุมประท้วงโดยปลุกระดมผ่านโซเชียลมีเดีย เตือนประชาชนอย่าตกเป็นเครื่องมือ"

What does the phrase "ตู้ม้าเถื่อน" mean? And, who are "นายทุนตู้ม้าเถื่อน"?

Thanks.
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Re: "ตู้ม้าเถื่อน"

Postby David and Bui » Tue May 27, 2014 3:56 am

Thank you, Tod, for providing the reference to http://pantip.com/topic/32110911 . There, the posters explain that ตู้ม้า was a pre-Internet gambling game akin to a slot machine or on-line poker.

I am still not sure who the "นายทุนตู้ม้าเถื่อน" are whom the คสช. is trying to warn us against, or whether this warning is against literal or metaphoric gambling touts.

Any thoughts?
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Re: "ตู้ม้าเถื่อน"

Postby Tgeezer » Tue May 27, 2014 5:29 am

David and Bui wrote:Thank you, Tod, for providing the reference to http://pantip.com/topic/32110911 . There, the posters explain that ตู้ม้า was a pre-Internet gambling game akin to a slot machine or on-line poker.

I am still not sure who the "นายทุนตู้ม้าเถื่อน" are whom the คสช. is trying to warn us against, or whether this warning is against literal or metaphoric gambling touts.

Any thoughts?

I think that rather than writing คสช. คณะรัษาความสงบแห่งชาติ should be written until we all get used to what it means.
Isn't นายทุน an investor? เถื่อน just means 'Forrest' and used as an adjective; far from habitation, and by extrapolation, remote from any law, ปืนเถื่อน illegal gun. I should think that the คสช. consider many things to fall into this category.
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Re: "ตู้ม้าเถื่อน"

Postby Brent » Fri May 30, 2014 11:35 am

นายทุน means capitalist. I suppose ตู้ม้าเถื่อน is a negative adjective, I'm guessing นายทุนตู้มา้เถื่อน means "greedy capitalists" or maybe "corrupt capitalists"
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Re: "ตู้ม้าเถื่อน"

Postby David and Bui » Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:15 am

I just saw this in the newspaper today. I seems that the ตู้ม้าเถื่อน is a concrete noun and not a metaphor at all.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/732 ... try7946518
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