Rao Tum Dai: Thai could be world's new english, Prayuth says

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha with his standee Wednesday at the Government House in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Thai could supersede English as the dominant world language – at least in the opinion of junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha.

 

After awarding trophies to youths Thursday at the Government House,  Prayuth gave an address encouraging children to embrace their language, which he assured could one day become the world’s common language.

 

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/01/12/rao-tum-dai-thai-could-be-world-new-english-prayuth-says/

 

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I'm sorry, but, "huh!".

 

English is spoken all over the world as first, second and even third languages.

 

Thai is spoken in, well, Thailand.

 

Our illustrious leader has finally lost the plot.

 

This has to be false news..

Kraphom....55555555

Just for domestic consumption to show that Thailand is an important player on the world stage and that the Thai language is right up there in importance with English.

Confirmation he is truely delusional.  And he considers himself qualified to to run the country.

 

God help la la land because the fool wont.

 

 

Sure, sure. They do sell those pill boxes you can fill in advance for every weekday so you don't miss your dose. Or maybe just up the dose 10x.

only if the rest of the world's population dies of some disease that doesn't infect Thailand.

Edited January 12, 20179 yr by taichiplanet

Prayuth is almost perfect in his delusional Thai-centric, torturing of the truth. One of the most unbelievable statements made this year. RIght up there with his denial that Bangkok tap water can make you sick.

Where can I buy the cardboard standup of the PM? Looks great. A little bit pale, but great.

 

I guess no free elections until Thai becomes the world common language.

Is he related to Kim? 

He must have watched that video on YouTube of the black guy in Paris selling souvenirs to Thai people while speaking Thai and extrapolated lol.

only in his own mind, seems many of the old rusted on thais think that thai is superior to english and refuse to speak it, cant help stupid

The longer he goes on the more absurd that he becomes. Thailand in the world context is not important

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This sort of thinking is anti-intellectual and even somewhat dangerous. False hope, misdirection. Thais are already so late to the game. Such poor command of English.

 

Look at the energy China is putting into English.  But even the Chinese know despite one billion speakers, it can't be the world's lingua franca. But, 70m Thai many largely uneducated will deliver Thai as the new world language.

 

This observation is so wrong I bet if Thai kids could study and need only ONE language, it would be English.

 

Pure folly. Good luck General and good luck getting free military training from US and EU in Thai.

I hurt myself laughing.

22 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I'm sorry, but, "huh!".

 

English is spoken all over the world as first, second and even third languages.

 

Thai is spoken in, well, Thailand.

 

Our illustrious leader has finally lost the plot.

 

What do you mean " finally" .............he never had it to start with, wouldnt know a plot if it  sat in his  lap........comical really but deep down extremely disturbing

One word has many meanings, makes it easier to say "That's not what I meant."


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Tears in my eyes! Oh my God....ribs hurting....

After watching many of his Friday night babbles this comes as no surprise, the guy is beyond help & a laughing stock. 

Tears in my eyes! Oh my God....ribs hurting....:cheesy:

One thing with Thailand, it never fails to amuse

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Totally, utterly, certifiably delusional. And he really believes it - that is the worrying part of it!

 

Heaven help us all !

Edited January 12, 20179 yr by Eligius

 good one, thanks, soldier!

Still i beg to differ, next world language will be Inuit.

 

Seriously, what's he smoking?

And can i get some?

Slowly, very slowly, it starts dawning on me that this man actually might be delusional and is in urgent need of a good psycho therapist.

 

Before Thai has even the slightest chance of becoming the dominant global language, I foresee much higher probabilities for Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Basque, Aafrikans or even Swahili.

 

What he should have done as a half-way sensible leader was to encourage those kids to strive improving their English language skills. Instead, he flogs the nationalistic Thai-language horse, making those kids believe that all they'll need for successful future careers are 44 Thai letters and 5 tone pitches. Pathetic, really. 

Edited January 12, 20179 yr by Misterwhisper
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Wow!

As we say back home, this guy is really dreaming in Technicolor.

"...Thai could supersede English as the dominant world language – at least in the opinion of junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha..."

 

Surely, the usual Khaosod English translator is on holidays, and the stand-in doesn't have the same grasp of the language.

 

But, if this is not the case, then all that is left in Prayut's defence is, - well, you simply can't defend the indefensible. In which case, all one can do is refer to a quote (allegedly attributed to a genuine leader of a country):

 

"Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt"

 

As if there was ever any doubt !!!

I'm as biased about English as he is about Thai but being fairly fluent in Spanish and a few other languages to lesser degrees, Thai, which I'm taking classes for now, does strike me as a caveman-esque sort of language. 

It's a madhouse, glad i'm leaving

I've studied 9 languages in my long lifetime, reaching near-fluency in three of them. Thai is the least-logical of them all.




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