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Grokking the Thai Writing System Part 1: Consonants | Goldenland Polyglot — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:35:06 +0000

[...] http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/grokking-the-thai-writing-system-part-1-consonants/ Iʼve seen a lot of posts on this site about how learning the writing system is essential if you want to pronounce Thai correctly (it is) and how itʼs really not that hard (itʼs not), but what seems to be missing is a good tutorial on how to make sounds pop out of your mouth that youʼre not used to. [...]

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:32:32 +0000

Sophie, I’m not the one to write the post but I can certainly ask around (Kaewmala?)

A couple of months ago I found a Thai band from the 80′s that I liked. I drove all around town looking for a cd but couldn’t locate one.

Ah, and I just remembered where else I saw Thai music I liked… On Rikker’s blog… http://rikker.blogspot.com/search/label/music

And it’s his post on 80′s music that grabbed my fancy: Fun with YouTube: 80s Thai music videos

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:18:45 +0000

Cat, Oh yes, please, will you do a post on Thai music? I have found my Thai music mostly from songs I have found on the internet. I would love to hear suggestions along with a little description of the singer or group. It would certainly help narrow down my search.

By: Catherine Wentworth

Catherine Wentworth — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:40:16 +0000

Thanks Kaewmala! I do like Jazz. Sumet & the Punk’s Gallery is not on YouTube (that I could find) so I’ll check around town. I especially like Coco Jazz, and I hope my neighbours do as well :-D

By: kaewmala

kaewmala — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:41:55 +0000

Cat, in terms of songs/singers I’d suggest going with good vocalists – whatever genre you might fancy. If at all possible *avoid* the BKK bubblegum music in which Thai pronunciation is customarily and horrendously butchered (bubblegum singers tend to mix the ch/j/sh/ sounds and much more – I can’t stand them myself).

Generally country singers, jazz & easy listening singers are the clearest pronouncers of Thai. I like the duo “Sumet & the Punk” สุเมธแอนด์เดอะปั๋ง(jazzy, easy listening) – their music is very soft and they sound very pleasant and urbane Thai. You might want to check out the Album “Gallery.”

A female Jazz singer “นรีกระจ่าง คันธมาส”, an extremely talented vocalist, also sings very clearly. She has a very powerful voice. If you can sing along with Whitney Houston you might like singing along with her. :) She’s not very active now, but check for old albums by the band named “Coco Jazz” – she’s their lead singer.
.-= kaewmala´s last blog ..“Play” in Thai Idioms – Part 2: Bad & Dangerous Play =-.

By: Betti

Betti — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:24:11 +0000

I looked at “60 minutes Thai” and I am positively refusing to have anything to do with a teaching site that cannot write in proper English. I am a little stubborn when it comes to these things. Thankfully, I don’t need to find a “miracle method” anymore so it is irrelevant.
Kindergarten is a lot more than posters. There were games and cards and tracing and all sorts of funny activities. I think it gave me a solid base to build on.