About 6 months ago, a TV reporter came to Banteay Srey, Siem Reap after learning that there were land grabbing activities from villagers in the district. Guess what welcomed them when they interviewed the villagers:
Anyone not understands? Banteay Srey district is home to the famous Banteay Srey temple and is also home to villagers with one of the coolest Khmer accents, the so-called Siem Reap accent. I also have Siem Reap accent, but not as strong as the Banteay Srey people. I do have some distant relatives as native villagers there though. So beware when you come to Siem Reap.
Anyway, regarding the land dispute, if I have not wrongly heard, it was resolved in favor of the villagers after the TV exposure.
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9 Wonderful Comments:
December 18th, 2006 at 4:06 am
Oh! I do hehehehe, it reminds me when I went to Preah Dak village, hmm I don’t know what to write to make you understant what they actually talked to me. You guys should have been there.
December 23rd, 2006 at 8:10 pm
>BUNLEAP: ya Preah Dak is one of the coolest village in siem reap. It’s also where I have some distant relatives.
>STARFISH: nice to know that!
Thanks!
December 24th, 2006 at 11:37 am
What is “DENH”? What is “SDOUY” by villagers? Somewhat headache..!! Sorry for that I write wrong words in Khmer.
December 24th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Alright, let me guess, DENH means DEUNG= ( To know) and SDOUY means AVEY or EY 0r SA EY= (what), so this two combination will be, DENH SDOUY?= DEUNG AVEY? or DEUNG EY? or even in PP accent, DEUNG SA EY KE?=know what?
You can start by using SDOUY to sing a Preap Sovath song, ( AVEY AVEY MOK PI ON, AVEY AVAY MOK PI SNGOUN….by SDOUY SDOUY MOK PI ON, SDOUY SDOUY MOK PI SNGOUN..bla bla bla) but please do it just in Siem Reap…
December 25th, 2006 at 10:48 am
Onh! jeng sos! Thank Bunleap for very good description. I should learn some words from Siem Reap.
December 25th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
You are welcome Bunna, yeah! you should learn some, if you need a teacher, Vireak will be the one…lolz