Comments on: A Thai Learning Thai

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:07:02 +0000

My pleasure :-)

By: Lani

Lani — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:04:21 +0000

Thanks Catherine!

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:11:08 +0000

A heads up… Lani has a wonderful post on her blog that should not be missed: pood pasa thai die nitnoi

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:16:59 +0000

Nice Lani! I was not aware of the missing teacher…

By: Lani

Lani — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:51:19 +0000

Thank you for the compliment and comments. It is an interesting world of first generation Americans and I never tire of hearing (anybody’s really) their stories.

I’m glad you raised your son bilingual ~ I think that is one of the best gifts you can give your child.

And if you enjoy my writing you can always head over to my other blogs ;) http://www.tellthaiheart.blogspot.com/ and http://lanivcox.blogspot.com/

~thanks for the encouragement Amy.

By: Amy P.

Amy P. — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:10:03 +0000

Lani – thank you for such an interesting article on Women Learn Thai. Our next door neighbor (here in the USA) is an American-born Thai, both his parents are educated professionals who immigrated to the US when they were in their 20s. They never taught their son Thai. He understand quite a bit, but does not speak it.

However, Gosit (the neighbor) doesn’t have any desire to live in Thailand and so doesn’t have much incentive to learn Thai. My (Thai) husband enjoys Gosit’s company, though and encourages him to engage in Thai language now and then.

We have a son who was spoken to in Thai since the day he was born. He’s fully bilingual.

I hope you get the opportunity to become fluent in your ancestor’s language. Please post again on Women Learn Thai, I really enjoy your writing style. :)
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