Thai Language Thai Culture: Perfectly Good Thai Words
Loan words by any other name… A long while ago I did a research paper that got published in Passa, the Chulalongkorn Linguistics publication, about … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: Looking for Rhymes in all the Wrong Places
Thai music goes from classical, to country, folk, popular, and more… A while ago I was reading one of those Thai expat blogs. You know, … Read more
Jai Words: Learn Thai with More Words of the Heart
Heart words, jai words, my words… I am a terrible Thai student. Fairly often, my Thai teacher arrives with a lesson plan in her satchel, … Read more
A List of Common Thai Honorifics in Everyday Life
Is it Kun, Pêe, Aa-jaann, or Pôo yài Moo?… There used to be a time in the west when calling a person by their first … Read more
Thai Language Thai Culture: What’s There “to Know”?
Thai language and Thai culture go hand in hand… Thai, just like any language, has multiple ways to say the same things. And culture has … Read more
The Thai Language Thai Culture Series
Introducing Hugh Leong and the Thai Language/Thai Culture series… Regular readers won’t need an introduction to Hugh Leong and his passion for the Thai language … Read more
Thai Bumper Stickers: Five
Rikker’s Friday post on bumper stickers, Bumper-to-bumper Language Lessons, reminded me that I had one more bumper sticker post waiting in the wings… Stickers from … Read more
What Makes the Thai Language Easy to Learn?
Is the Thai language easy to learn. Or not… The Thai language is immensely different to most western languages. As a high context tonal language, … Read more
Learning Thai is More Than a Study of Words & Grammar – Part 2
Being true in your communication… In my last post, I talked about the fact that the Thai language is what is known as a HIGH … Read more
Thai YouTube Cartoon: Little Leader Geo
Learn Thai with YouTube… YouTube is great place to find Thai language videos, but if you want to see a complete series you often need … Read more
Learning Thai is More Than a Study of Words & Grammar – Part 1
“Mai pen rai” means “no problem” or “no worries”… All languages are pointers to understanding the culture of a country or nation, and the Thai … Read more
Thai Virtual Keyboard from Google
Google goes virtual with Thai keyboards… NOTE: The keyboard is no longer working. When I get a spare moment I’ll look into the fix (if … Read more