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

[Broken Record]

Looks like he's been ordered to find a way of stopping young Thai people from seeking news and opinions from outside Thailand,  keep them listening to the BS fed to them from birth, these old rich families that are running Thailand are scared of the future.

[jerojero]

Has he no idea how utterly ridiculous his words are?

[Broken Record]

3 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Has he no idea how utterly ridiculous his words are?

 

He might very well know how ridiculous his words are, but he has no alternative, he has to follow the script.

 

He's doing as he's told, he has no choice.

Edited January 12, 2017 by Broken Record

[DavisH]

As John McEnroe would say to the umpire....you can't be serious!!

 

Even my Thai students don't like learning Thai and prefer English. I saw them studying for test today and asked them about it. They said most of it was useless (for everyday use)....

[Thailand]

The lost plot has finally disappeared!

[guzzi850m2]

I think it's his lousy excuse for the poor English skills by Thais in public schools and not hiring some native English speakers or at least Filipinos.

 

Funny, very funny.

[ikke]

If Thai does not become the most spoken language in the world, Prayut will invoke art.44 and force it to be so.....

[stuandjulie]

funny as hell best laugh of the week

[The man from udon]

41 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

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 more like noises than actual words.a cross between gobbledegook and double Dutch with groans,yelps,squeals and errs and half of its back to front.

Edited January 12, 2017 by The man from udon
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[jollyhangmon]

15 minutes ago, stuandjulie said:

funny as hell best laugh of the week

 

Sure is. But once you've got your breath back ... well, i just quote fellow posters as in:

 

>but deep down (it is) extremely disturbing<   as well as

>Heaven help us all !<

[edwinchester]

“The most commonly used language today is of course English. If it was Thai, we’d be a great power already. Is there a chance? Yes. If you do what I say, one day Thai will be the world’s lingua franca,” Prayuth said.

 

Megalomaniacal springs to mind.

"If you do what I say....." Jeebus

[hobz]

1 hour 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.

 

To be honest he lost the plot in his first message to the public the day he took power when he said he had 3 reasons for taking over.

1. Thailand is special.

2. Democracy in thailand has resulted in deaths.

3. We have more reasons 

 

 

[hobz]

31 minutes ago, Broken Record said:

Looks like he's been ordered to find a way of stopping young Thai people from seeking news and opinions from outside Thailand,  keep them listening to the BS fed to them from birth, these old rich families that are running Thailand are scared of the future.

This is the only thing that actually makes sense. That or he completely lost his mind.

[The man from udon]

I would like to find out what his iq is and I mean the real one,not the one he just makes up.also can he speak any other languages? I bet he wasn't trained at sandhurst uk.

[sotonowl]

I just love to see you lot scorning this bloke when he has made a good point, I reckon Thai could well become the worlds new English but I think welsh may give it a run for it's money.

[Eligius]

4 minutes ago, The man from udon said:

I would like to find out what his iq is and I mean the real one,not the one he just makes up.also can he speak any other languages? I bet he wasn't trained at sandhurst uk.

No I.Q. chart has yet been devised that goes as low as would be required accurately to reflect his subterranean intellectual level!

Edited January 12, 2017 by Eligius

[sotonowl]

1 minute ago, The man from udon said:

I would like to find out what his iq is and I mean the real one,not the one he just makes up.also can he speak any other languages? I bet he wasn't trained at sandhurst uk.

fluent in welsh apparently

 

[Nigeone]

The guys nuts !! Or maybe he's just trying to outdo his other effforts of joke of the week. Didn't we not long ago have the education ministry wanting better English spoken by Thais ! What about ASEAN also !! Has anyone told the other countries learning English is flawed and they need to stop and redirect there efforts to speaking Thai ! Delusional !! is not harsh enough   

[The man from udon]

2 minutes ago, Eligius said:

No I.Q. chart has yet been devised that goes as low as would be required!

The banana and coconut scale.

[The man from udon]

I ain't laughed so much in a long time.he really should take up comedy.

[Bluespunk]

After saying this did he execute a mike drop, thank his audience, give a little bow and announce he'd be on stage all week?

Edited January 12, 2017 by Bluespunk

[The man from udon]

if you look at the pic in the headline the smart one is on the right.

[The man from udon]

if you look at the pic in the headline the smart one is on the right.

[Shot]

My bilingual children Thai/English always speak English when playing together. No one ever told them to do that, they just do it. One day I asked them about it, and they said "its easier, I can speak less and say more".

 

That about sums it up.

[hobz]

24 minutes ago, The man from udon said:

I would like to find out what his iq is and I mean the real one,not the one he just makes up.also can he speak any other languages? I bet he wasn't trained at sandhurst uk.

The going rate for answers to iq test is around 400k THB 

[hobz]

2 minutes ago, Shot said:

My bilingual children Thai/English always speak English when playing together. No one ever told them to do that, they just do it. One day I asked them about it, and they said "its easier, I can speak less and say more".

 

That about sums it up.

I think that is only true if you drop half the words in a sentence, like.

Go eat now?

Vs 

Shall we go and eat now?

 

Want eat?

Vs

Do you want to eat now? 

 

Etc,, english has many many words that are not really required in most common use.. Not sure about thai hehe

[BAYBOY]

Wonder what his wife thinks of this great idea. Understands she teaches English at Chula University.

 

She could be looking for a new job!!!!

 

Cheers,

BAYBOY

[Sphere]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai could be world's new english, Prayuth says....

 

Don't knock it.....I'd say that's quite possible.....in about 100 years....by when the world's stopped laughing at this press release....

[DM07]

I am a bit irritated: no one of the anti-"Thai-basher"- league around, to defend this pile of horse dung?


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[sanemax]

He didnt mean it that way , what he meant was 

'Thai language may become as popular as English one day, but , untill then, keep learning to speak English" is what he meant .

What he said was taken out of context