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Most law firms state "generally speaking" with regards to your comments. Nothing is cast in stone.

The remember the Crusades? 😅😅😅

I wouldn't say "many". Some are obviously better off than others. Those with the foresight not to sell their rice as soon as it's ready but rather store it until the price goes up. Those that avoid too much alcohol and gambling. Those that have ambition for their kids and send them to better schools instead of the one at the end of the road. I doubt those that build mansions in rice fields have much empathy or feeling for the locals. My wife and I built a nice but simple house in the village. One that's inkeeping with surroundings and fits in well. From the outside, there's no indication of rich farang,or rich Thai for that matter, being owners. We live around family but they are fine. No horror stories of eating our food, borrowing my tools and not returning them, asking for money or anything like that. My wife politely set the boundaries. We do entertain and have food on the go occasionally but so do other family. I treat them as my family and they've accepted me into theirs. My wife and family refer to be by name and not "farang". Everything is just how it would be if I weren't a foreigner, from all sides. Just as it should be.

Yes. Step outside your front door. Speak to people. Go shopping alone. Immersion is the best method for learning a foreign language. Just like we all learnt our mother tongue.

You are missing the point. There us a big difference between discipline and beating. The same as there is a big difference between discipline and abuse.

England women are ranked 1st. By the sounds of it, they'd be more than able to bring you down the few pegs needed. 😁😁

Grammar schools aren't what they used to be. Most are only "Grammar" in name.

I'm quite sure they do pay VAT. Everytime they go shopping.

The payments for the King come from his own money. The Sovereign Grant is paid from the income of the Crown Estate. Each year there is at least £200m surplus. That goes straight into the treasury coffers

People who work hard to send their kids to private school are not "wannabe toffs". They are simply good, caring parents who feel a private school will give their kids a better start.

So was I. The laws I quoted stand.

Incorrect. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ratified in 1994, and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR Convention), enacted in 1985, jointly state first of all that people at sea legally have to be intercepted if they are found to be "in danger of being lost." If these people are picked up by British vessels they must be taken to Britain. If they have already reached British shores, they cannot be sent back into the channel. All the above regardless of EU membership or not.

That's unfortunate for you. I guess some can do it but some can't.

It's not a case of needing it. It's a case of wanting to use it out of respect to the host nation. Many complain about all those pesky immigrants in English speaking countries that get accused of not embracing the language and culture. There are lots of non isolated places where knowledge of Thai helps leaps and bounds.

If you live in Thailand, is really not that difficult. Immersion is always the best method.

Torture? It's not difficult. A few words each day. Speaking to the locals each day. Conversational Thai aquired within 6 months. Easy.

I'm Brang.

Nice cut and paste, from an uncited source. Still incorrect. It's not referred to as "Isaan". That's the name if the region. There are many dialects in Isaan. Try going to Southern Isaan, especially the southern areas if Surin and Butiram, and tell the Khmer and Gui speakers their mother tongue is related to Lao language. Then go to Korat and ask them. Keep the engine running just in case.

If people living long term in a foreign country learned that country's language, problem solved.

Both.

There are many dialects in Isaan.

I've lived in Isaan for 21 years. I speak to lots of people. I generally hear people referring to the language as Laos.

Actually, that's incorrect. If you delve deeper, beyond the often unreliable world of Wikipedia, you'll see the dialect is referred to as Isaan Laos. This is on order to distinguish it from several other dialects spoken in the region, including; Northern Khmer, Gui, Thai Korat, etc. Historically, Isaan Laos isn"t the oldest language to be spoken in the region, since it was annexed by the Siamese, hence its name referencing both locations (Laos and Isaan).

Isaan is the name of the North Eastern region of Thailand, not a language.

Incorrect.