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Slavery and Thailand… Once again, slavery and Thailand are linked in the news. Shocking (to me) US companies have been enslaving Thai workers for years (see Combatting Modern Day Slavery in Hawaii and Mainland U.S.) Thailand in turn has been accused of similar crimes against non Thais (see Burmese Fishermen Are Trafficked and Abused On [...]

2Bangkok.com Moves to WordPress… After long last, 2Bangkok.com is making the transition from a bog-standard website platform, to WordPress. I’m a huge supporter of WP due to the ease of the CMS, so congrats Ron! Moving twelve years of posts over has got to be a tedious chore but it’s worth it. And readers can [...]

Tackling the nitty gritty of Thai… In the previous installment of this column, I observed that learning to speak Thai means learning to make some new sounds. Today we’ll start to tackle the nitty gritty. From here on, I’ll be using Thai script in addition to the phonetic system used by the AUA language school, [...]

The importance of learning the Thai script… As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big believer in learning the Thai script as a tool for learning the spoken language. Be warned, though, that there’s a major side effect of this learning method: it will improve your accent. Shocking, I know. Why will this improve your accent? [...]

MIME: มีเม่ (มี-เม่): mee mây… On Saturday, while trolling for faces at JJ Market (Chatuchak) in Bankgok, I snagged yet more quality Thai Alphabet t-shirts to go with my growing collection. MIME, a creative company owned by Thai dancer ลาวัลย์ เอกอุรุ (โอ) and graphic designer สีล นิ่ม กิตติ กุล (TK) produces fun t-shirts, some with [...]

เเฟน ไม่ อยู่ มาหา หนู นะ fan mâi yòo maa hăa nŏo ná If your girlfriend is away, come see me. รวม กัน เรา อยู่ ทิ้ง กู มึง ตาย ruam gan rao yòo tíng goo meung dtaai Together we’ll survive. But if you leave me, you die. And here’s an added treat. A special note [...]