Songkran 2012: Siam Square: On Day Two
Songkran 2012: Siam Square: On Day Two… Did you miss the first day of Songkran? Me too! The closer it got to 4pm on the … Read more
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Songkran 2012: Siam Square: On Day Two… Did you miss the first day of Songkran? Me too! The closer it got to 4pm on the … Read more
Gawd do those darn birds drive me crazy!… Around November of last year a longtime member of my neighbourhood bird community, the Common Koel (lovingly … Read more
National Museum Volunteers Annual Lecture Series… Last year was my first chance to attend the lectures about Thailand, Thai history, and culture arranged by the … Read more
Basic Thai flood phrases… In my last post, the Primer on Thai Disaster Words, I shared flood vocabulary found in Thai conversations, TV, and Thai … Read more
Primer on Thai disaster words… The Thai great floods of 2554 have affected almost everyone in the country. The rains in Chiang Mai, where I … Read more
Bangkok bracing for the predicted floods… For weeks we’ve been reading conflicting news on whether Bangkok will flood or not. First the Governor states that … Read more
Word order in Thai “Wh” questions… It is common for beginning students of Thai (or students of most foreign languages for that matter) to start … Read more
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly… I have often heard the advice given to people just learning how to read, that they should practice reading Thai street … Read more
Five things to change about the Thai character… In Thailand, if you don’t read or speak Thai, or know someone who does, you miss out … Read more
Tiger, lion, bull, rino… politicians are WILD BEASTS! After writing about Thai politician Chuvit in two posts: Thai Politician Chuwit Kamolvisit: A Man. His Dog. … Read more
Chuwit Kamolvisit is one colourful Thai politician…. It’s party time in Thailand! And who living here can miss it? The country is slathered with campaign … Read more
Does written Thai need spaces? Not! I recently read a post titled Reforming Thai Language Structure which advocated changing the Thai written language by adding … Read more