You're damn right if I'm going to Thailand I'm going to learn Thai that's just respectful of the people as I would hope a thailander coming to United States would have just as good English as my thi.
But I have no future endeavors in the Orient.
I know sawadeekaa and kobkunkaa (bad spelling, I know). The tricky thing though is that depending on where the stress is in a word, said word can mean like five different things. Any English speaker who can grasp the Thai language is doing really well, I would be hopeless at it.
I understood your spelling, and we have about the same amount of Thai vocabulary! I love Thai food... which is why I picked up even that much. Gotta try to be polite!
I've been to Thailand a couple of times for holidays (a while ago now), and I am friends with someone who grew up there. I'm totally with you, when travelling always trying to be respectful of locals and their customs.
I won't go to another country without knowing the basics of the language. Which limits me, but I know English, am rusty with Japanese and am slowly learning Spanish. Would rather show I am trying than demand people speak my native tongue
That sign is written in better English than I would expect to see here in the US. We have zero room to be judgemental of immigrants who come here, much less of people in other countries.
Exactly! When I speak with someone from another country who has a strong accent, and I can't understand some of what they say, I politely ask them to repeat, but know they are speaking better English than I could speak their language.
Sometimes I ask them to speak their native language and put my translation app into conversation mode. But only if I can't understand at all. That almost never happens.
Nah, it’s your lack of understanding how the phonetic uses glottal throat muscles in a unpracticed way, seem reason dogs can’t sing like birds despite the howling 😝
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But I have no future endeavors in the Orient.
Also I love Lisa, Minnie, Natty & Sorn
ไม่ มันเป็นการขาดความเข้าใจของคุณว่าสัทศาสตร์ใช้กล้ามเนื้อลําคอในวิธีที่ไม่ได้ฝึกฝน ดูเหมือนว่าเหตุผลที่สุนัขไม่สามารถร้องเพลงได้เหมือนนกแม้จะมีเสียงโหยหวน😝