wasabi

October 15, 2006

I didn't get a response to the email but I'm glad the site is back. I am still interested in purchasing the site on DVD or something. I'd love to install it on my harddrive for rapid searching and audio playback. I think he should offer it for sale to help support himself and the site.

October 11, 2006

I can't find the email. Can you send it to me, you can pm me if you don't want to post it on the board.

PM sent.

Thanks I've got it. I sent Glenn an email, I'll let u know the outcome.

October 11, 2006

I can't find the email. Can you send it to me, you can pm me if you don't want to post it on the board.

October 9, 2006

The site is still down. This was by far my favorite Thai learning site. I've even built programs based on extractions from it. I wish I could buy the entire site on CD. Anyone know how to contact the administrator?

October 7, 2006

I haven't been able to access it for days can anyone else?

http://www.thai-language.com

error

September 26, 2006

I'll take a flat chested girl over one with man made tits any day.

September 21, 2006

I don't know what I would have done, from the vantage point of my desk and watching all the major news I would have just sat tight or had my picture taken with one of the soliders, but on the streets with no news it could have seemed pretty insane seeing a bunch of tanks rolling in, even though it seems those tanks have been mostly for show. The person who ran from the tsunami turned out to be smart, the person who ran from this didn't. I guess it's luck of the draw.

September 21, 2006

If anything the Baht will probably continue to strengthen against the USD. The USD is a total POS!

September 20, 2006

He could have gone out gracefully he had several chances, but he had to cling to power and insist he was right at all costs. he's lucky the cost wasn't his life. Also he probably knew this was coming.

September 1, 2006

I think with your language skills your chances are much better than most. I'm not sure exactly what job you could get. But the Fluent Chinese has to be of great value to someone in LOS, of course if you could speak Thai that would be even better.

August 31, 2006

Does this have any effect on the exchange rate?

August 31, 2006

Sign her form with YOUR name, this way she and immigration will know it's you who will be doing all the thinking. Immigration and your wife will appreciate this and it may speed things up.

August 29, 2006

I've really enjoyed reading everyone's replies. Particularly Meadish Sweetball.

I met a Thai girl over the internet, came to visit her thought we loved each other and got married, she came back to live with me in the USA that didn't work out but a second love had emerged. Yep the love of Thailand. Now I love studying Thai, I love the challenge of out smarting the cons and becoming more than a farang on holiday. I do love the women from all walks of Thai life, they are the biggest draw but not the only one. The buddhist attitude, lack of judgement laid back lifestyle and the food these are huge draws as well.

Now I'm living as frugally as I can in the states, just hoping I can figure out the way to make the move. I can also relate to others who have said it fits like a glove, it feels like home, and there are people just as insane as me everywhere. You do feel like you are part of the world in Thailand, at home in California I feel like I'm being brainwashed by TV. Everything seems so much more complicated and pretentious than it needs to be.

I want to wear the shoes I was made to wear and live free as I have always dreamed I could, for me Thailand represents this dream.

August 20, 2006

You can't post html? If you save the above as an html file this should explain the tones to you. I also attached an excel file.

August 20, 2006

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width:285pt'> ค ฅ ฆ ง ช ซ ฌ ญ ฑ ฒ

ณ ท</td>

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<td class=xl26 align=left>Middle</td>

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<td height=123 class=xl27 width=380 style='height:92.25pt;width:285pt'>(1)

Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having no tone mark take

the Mid Tone unless they end

with K, P or T sounds or in a short vowel.</td>

<td class=xl27 width=295 style='width:221pt'>(1) Syllables beginning with a

middle class consonant and having no tone mark take the Mid

Tone unless they end with K, P or T sounds or in a

short vowel.</td>

<td class=xl27 width=312 style='width:234pt'>(1) Syllables beginning with a

high class consonant and have no tone mark take the Rising

Tone unless they end with K, P or T sounds or a

short open vowel.</td>

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<td height=68 class=xl27 width=380 style='height:51.0pt;width:285pt'>(2)

Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having no tone mark but

ending in K, <font

class="font9">P or T<font

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The falling tone

if the vowel is <font

class="font9">long.<span

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The high tone if

the vowel is short or

open</td>

<td class=xl27 width=295 style='width:221pt'>(2) Syllables beginning with a

middle class consonant and having no tone mark take the Low

Tone if they end in K,<font

class="font8"> P or <font

class="font9">T sounds or with a <font

class="font9">short open vowel</td>

<td class=xl27 width=312 style='width:234pt'>2. Syllables beginning with a

high class consonant and having no tone mark take the Low

Tone if they end in K<font

class="font8">, P or <font

class="font9">T sound or with a <font

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<td height=92 class=xl27 width=380 style='height:69.0pt;width:285pt'>(4)

Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having the tone mark MYAYK

<font

class="font11">' over the initial consonant take

the Falling Tone.</td>

<td class=xl27 width=295 style='width:221pt'>(3) Syllables beginning with a

middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYAYK <span

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> '<font

class="font8"> over the initial

consonant take the Low Tone.</td>

<td class=xl27 width=312 style='width:234pt'>3. Syllables beginning with a

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class="font8"> over the consonant take the Low

Tone irrespective of ending.</td>

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<td height=73 class=xl27 width=380 style='height:54.75pt;width:285pt'>(5)

Syllables beginning with a low class consonant and having the tone mark <font

class="font14"> ้ <font

class="font8">over the initial consonant take the High

Tone.</td>

<td class=xl27 width=295 style='width:221pt'>(4) Syllables beginning with a

middle class consonant and having the tone mark <span

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <span

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> ้ <font

class="font8"> over the initial

consonant take the Falling Tone.</td>

<td class=xl27 width=312 style='width:234pt'>4. Syllables beginning with a

high class consonant and having the tone mark <span

style='mso-spacerun:yes'> ้ over the

consonant take the Falling Tone<font

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<td class=xl27 width=295 style='width:221pt'>(5) Syllables beginning with a

middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYDTREE (

-๊ ) over the initial consonant take the <font

class="font7">High Tone. There are very few of

these words.</td>

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<td class=xl27 width=295 style='width:221pt'>(6) Syllables beginning with a

middle class consonant and having the tone mark MYJUDTAWAH (<font

class="font17"> -๋ ) over the initial consonant

take the Rising Tone.

There are very few of these words.</td>

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August 14, 2006

I love Thailand, The 90% that is right is what draws me in, however I gotta agree "Thai silence" is something you're going to encounter at one point or another. Really you have to have a pretty strong sense of humor and a lot of patience to make it in Thailand, many things are often not what they seem. I don't think it's Thai bashing to notice this phenonmenon or should be maintain a farang silence about it?

August 13, 2006

I think China-airlines tends to be the cheapest because they have a few years to go before they can be forgiven for their safety record. I've flown them nearly every time and never had a problem. I am a satisfied customer and hopefully after my next flight I'll have enough miles to update to business class. One trick is to get the vegetarian meal. You get served first and it's hard to screw up vegetables.

August 12, 2006

I am pursuing a telecommuting oppurtunity with my current employer. I've offered to make reasonable concessions if I can work 100% remote. We are working on a big project right now and my prescense is required on site but after this when things stabilize it might happen. I won't know until Late December. This setup is my dream, the ability to live anywhere and not tied to a desk. IF I lived in Thailand even if I had to take a 50% cut, which I won't have to, I'd be living a great life.

I am a portfolio accounting, perfomance analysis system administrator. It isn't what I was originally hired to do, I sort of grew into the role. There are many who are better at finance or technology than me, but not many who know enough of both to do what I do so I have some bargaining power.

July 31, 2006

There are two common scams, "According to our local culture" or "You don't understand Thai people" They count on you not understanding their culture and filling in the blanks with whatever their greedy hearts desire. That said, I don't think it's 100% a scam, as there are aspects to Thai culture where a male courting a female offers some assurance he is serious, typically when one is pursuing marriage. Now 40,000 is way more assurance than any Thai man would pay and just because you are a Farang doesn't mean you should pay more. Something along the lines of 10,000 might be reasonable, 40k is an insult.

July 25, 2006

It's my understanding that go-go and bargirls are tested for HIV once a month. I realize this is not fail safe and no excuse not to use a condom but I think the risk of going with a girl who is not a freelancer is not as dangerous as you say.

June 26, 2006

Rikker, you are a god mate. I have been trying to get that sound for nearly 2 years now and have never been able to make every time i try. Sometimes i could and other times i could not. As soon as i read your explanation i had it and can now get it every time. A little bit of practice and i know it will become natural.
Thanks for that, i think this is the sound most westeners have a problem with when learning Thai and no book or person has ever been able to explain it to me.

Your explanation was first class.

Thanks again.

Noodles.

Same here! I have a Thai co worker I've been trying to say words with ง to for 2 years as a test if I can pronounce ง I try to say งง, everytime he has a laugh and says no. For the first time in 2 years I said it and he said yes at long last. For me the bit about how you block air when saying "go" was most helpful.

Bobcat as far as ด and ต goes this is my understanding. Most likely you can say ด just fine since it is the same as the English letter D, however ต lik ง doesn't have an exact match as a single letter in English.

Think about where your tongue is when you say D, behind your top teeth. When you say T your tongue is between your teeth. Other things are going on as well but honestly I'm not sure exactly. Anyhow, put your tongue between your teeth as if you were going to say t, but instead try to say the letter D, forcing your tongue to stay between your teeth, you should get a sound that sounds like dt which is the right sound.

June 26, 2006

Awesome explanation, exactly the information I was looking for. Just to be certain, the soft palate is the area just behind the roof of the mouth the beginning of the back of the throat? So to form the block you have to use the middle/back of your tongue, not the tip.

June 25, 2006

For example งาน work or ไง

When I say words beginning with ง Thai people say it sounds like น. I have a lot of trouble pronoucning an N and a G sound together. Though I can say words ending in ง just fine for example แพง but as soon as I try to put that ending sound in the front it all goes wrong.

What I'd like are technical details on how to pronounce this. The closest I've come is pulling my tongue back trying to narrow my throat and forcing air out nose, but it comes out like nyahn for for งาน not quite the g sound required.

Before I had trouble pronouncing ต but since it was explained to put your tongue between your teeth and smile a little i can do it. That's the kind of info I'm looking for.

Thanks

June 20, 2006

When is the other Thai script use, I think it's called Patchoee , I can't remember exactly.

June 13, 2006

Farang price, what is the?

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