I will start with a few, and hopefully someone will add to the list..perhaps we could get enough to speak in english and thai at the same, sanook mak mak loyy

sensitive=sensitive

beer=beer

idiot=idiot

free=free

vitamin= vitamin

spaghetti=spaghetti

pizza=pizza

Free beer, spaghetti, vitamin, pizza (for) sensitive idiot

kcf

mcdonalds

whiskey

joke

airport

coke

Edited March 4, 201016 yr by patong

KFC..but of course in Thai you are right..Kentucky chicken fried..

signed: adjective AFTER noun for thais

Hamburger

Cheeseburger

Sofa

cheese

slope

Ok

to die=ตาย ('dtai', almost the same, a slightly harder edge to the consonant)

ริม = rim

ปริ่ม = brim

Pickup truck = รถปิ้กอัพ

Screwdriver = สกูไร

motorcycle = มอไซ

Not pronounced exactly the same but close enough.

amazing

carbohydrate

ice cream

broccoli

carrot

taxi

bus

lottery

lorry

jacket

FARANG

cantaloupe!

computer

microwave

Paaalastic Bag

7-11 normally abbreviated to just 7

TV

and of course "Hello welcome"

Sexy man

Big money

Sexy man

Big money

stamp

computer

strawberry

apple (ap-pun, close enough?)

condo

apartment

steak

chocolate

romantic

coffee (cafe)

bar

take care

Technology.

Video (VDO)

CD

DVD

Album (Alabam)

(It's not words that are the same that bothers me, it's words that when spoken mean something different. eg ow )

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(It's not words that are the same that bothers me, it's words that when spoken mean something different. eg ow )

I hope this doesn't bother you too much...there must be thousands of them!

discoteque

football

fashion

free

furniture

lipstick

idea

postcard

serious

shopping

stamp

taxi

air, Thai, you, I, BMW, Dr, function (programming languages), wai, OK

Most of the English and Thai alphabets

Most chemical elements

India, America

computer, web, farm

jeep (sort of - /c/ for /j/),

guard (on a train?), gas, Greek - but /k/ for /g/

If we allow /w/ for /v/: caravan

Other similar words, allowing sloppy enough English:

lift

Coincidental sound-alikes:

die/taai, Parker/paakaa

Dinosaur

Margarine (yeuch!)

Volley

If we ignore the vowel Thai inserts to break up the cluster, we have:

sloop, steak, swing (the music), slang

Except that I have been assured by some Thais that the /l/ is silent, we also have 'flat'.

If we ignore the lack of aspiration in Thai:

cock (= tap), copy, guitar (vowel length also different), classic (except that Thai has a long vowel)

If we ignore dropped consonants, we get oodles more, but as I found 'Counterpain' unrecognisable with the 'n's dropped, they may not be valid. A less than obvious example seems to be phaen = 'plan'. 'E-mail' is just about recognisable. Can we count fim/film?

Coincidental sound-alikes:

die/taai, Parker/paakaa

Correction: paakkaa, not paakaa.

cake, TV, broccoli

Very similar:

microwave, shirt, snooker, supermarket

Unsure:

OT (=overtime - not in my English, and in Thai I'm more acquainted with '[M]tham [M]oo' = 'do overtime')

kcf

mcdonalds

whiskey

joke

airport

coke

Pussy meo

lift (elevator)

tsunami

As I found out yesterday to my delight, Salmon is same-same sounding english and thai

u-turn

internet

Edited March 5, 201016 yr by patong

kcf

mcdonalds

whiskey

joke

airport

coke

Pussy meo

pussy you-o