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How Do YOU Say Worchestershire?
How Do YOU Say Worchestershire: Wooster, Wooder, or… Writing a lighthearted piece about a Thai Worcestershire sauce was a bit of unexpected fun. For me, anyway. And from the comments, I’m not the only...
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The Grumpy Expat: Raising Turkeys in Thailand
The Grumpy Expat: Raising Turkeys in Thailand… A post I wrote, Thai Turkeys for Thanksgiving, came to the attention of another Thai blogger, Stu Alan. Stu hosts The Grumpy Expat. Welcome. I’ve...
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A Thai Learning Thai: Lani: Part 2
This Thai learning Thai… Learning Spanish seemed counterintuitive to retaining any Thai that I had acquired but that is exactly what I did. When I moved to Ecuador I thought I could keep up with my...
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iPhone Quiz: Win 3 GPSmyCity City Walk Apps
Take the GPSmyCity quiz and win 3 iPhone city apps… The guys at GPSmyCity.com contacted me to see if anyone here wanted to try their hand at winning three city walk iPhone apps. I’m planning on a bit...
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Himmapan’s Year End Seminar in Bangkok
The Himmapan year end seminar… This is so very wrong, as it should have been a WOW already… When researching Singha beer, I came across Himmapan, a beautiful resource put together by Mr. Yongkiat...
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Is That a กัน Gan in Your Pocket?
Is that a กัน /gan/ in your pocket?… One thing I like to do as a vocabulary building exercise is when I come across a word that I find is often used paired up with other words (making compounds) I...
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Feel Like Donating? Give to the SET Foundation Instead
The ho ho ho’s of Christmas are coming up fast… All through the year I keep a look out for Xmas gifts suitable for friends and family. I’m not a huge gift giver anymore. Not when it comes to all that...
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Thai Culture: Understanding Kreng Jai
Thai culture and the importance of เกรงใจ /kreng jai/… Learning a language is not just about shoveling a bucket of grammar and vocabulary into your head until it explodes. You need to throw a chunk of...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Aaron Le Boutillier
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learner: Aaron Le Boutillier… Name: Aaron Le Boutillier Nationality: British Age: 40 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: Security Consultant Website: Le...
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November: Look Who’s Talking About Learning Thai
Who’s talking about learning Thai… Welcome to the third edition in this series, where I share bloggers, twitter peeps, and podcasters all talking about the Thai language. The previous two posts can be...
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Khmer Influence in Thai
Khmer Influence in Thai… “The Siamese language began its formation not only from its original elements but also from a foreign root, the Khmer language to be specific.” Saveros Pou. This kind of...
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Over 300 Free Thai Lessons: Learn Thai Language Online
Over 300 free Thai Lessons online… A largely unknown (and huge) Thai learning resource can be found at thai-language.weebly.com. Being an unknown might be due to the totally bizarre and off-topic...
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Chicky Net Relaunches
Expat women in Thailand… If you are an expat women in Thailand, you might feel a bit overwhelmed by the overabundance of expat maleness. When I first arrived, I was. A bit. For a female focus, at that...
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Learn Thai with Smart.fm
The Tower of Confusion and Smart.fm… The Tower of Confusion discusses language learning. If you have the time, cruise through Edwin’s Learning Tips or see what he has to say about Stuart Jay Raj. In...
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Learn Thai With Mod
Learn Thai With Mod… Adjima (Mod) is just as cute as can be. Agreed? So when I came across her YouTube channel, LearnThaiwithMod, I just had to share it with my buddy Scott, the connoisseur of all...
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Remembering Tsunami 2004: And Then One Morning
Remembering the Tsunami of 2004… What happened on Boxing Day 2004 was horrific. Even though I wasn’t on the ground, it marked my life. And because of that, every year I’ve put aside time to honour...
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Polyglot, a Google Chrome Extention
Polyglot, a Google Chrome Extention… One of the keys to learning a language is exposure. It stands to reason that the more opportunities you create for exposure to the language you are learning the...
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2011: Happy New Years… Resolutions to all…
Learning Thai in 2011… A Facebook friend recently asked about New Years resolutions. Still working through jet-lag, I shot back, “I plan on writing a post about New Years resolutions and learning...
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December: Look Who’s Talking About Learning Thai
Who’s talking about learning Thai… Well, here we are in 2011. Finally. Some of you might not know this, but I’ve been either out of Bangkok or Thailand for the best part of November/December, with...
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Win an iPhone App: Talking Thai–English–Thai Dictionary
iPhone App: Talking Thai-English-Thai Dictionary… Last year I reviewed the Three-Way Talking Thai Software Dictionary by Chris Pirazzi and Benjawan Poomsan Becker. I ended the post with: Ah, before I...
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