tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post1711571643114754949..comments2024-03-28T17:25:17.827+07:00Comments on Thai 101: Royal Institute announces simplifications to Thai alphabetRikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196282287835224940noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-75421428909527721252010-04-02T09:44:58.114+07:002010-04-02T09:44:58.114+07:00Hmm... I read this one day late, so I wouldn't...Hmm... I read this one day late, so I wouldn't know if I would fall for it. :)<br /><br />Rikker, thanks for "Dear Thai language: I love you just the way you are. :P" I agree with you. <br /><br />James, I am not going to comment on your perspective of Thai culture (some I agree, some I would like to argue) but I would like to ask about your last line (55555+) Was that a big laugh? Only people who understand Thai would smile when they see 5555 :)nitberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385641478010053125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-68206422635906264132010-04-01T17:26:44.589+07:002010-04-01T17:26:44.589+07:00Yay! Bring back the 50's (or whenever they tri...Yay! Bring back the 50's (or whenever they tried that last). Oh. April's Fool? How reactionary of me :(Kat (Spatula, Spoon and Saturday)http://spatulaspoonandsaturday.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-6331605561226165912009-04-03T09:01:00.000+07:002009-04-03T09:01:00.000+07:00(says a lot about thai culture..How so? I think *a...(says a lot about thai culture..<BR/><BR/>How so? I think *anyone* would be annoyed to have to change their signs and books.)<BR/><BR/><BR/>oh sorry if that was unclear, of course anyone would be annoyed that everything had to be changed (i would be). What i meant was that each of the three people acted like they already knew about changes, and spoke as if they had already been talking to other thai people about the changes. That's why my friend said that many thai people were annoyed.<BR/><BR/>I just thought it was a common cultural feature of thailand. That is, how people won't correct you if your wrong, or disagree with you. in fact they will lie (from a western perspective) to keep the peace. And that is seen as the better option. <BR/><BR/>thats all i was trying to say.. just that cultural differences were clearly revealed in my converstaions<BR/><BR/>55555+jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17423258396080732220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-41276198324274209832009-04-02T20:28:00.000+07:002009-04-02T20:28:00.000+07:00I'd actually hate to see this happen. It failed mi...I'd actually hate to see this happen. It failed miserably in the 1940s, and it would fail miserably if tried today. The Royal Institute today wouldn't dream of actually suggesting it, though.<BR/><BR/>And certainly in real life it would be a huge public debate with plenty of uproar and backlash. :)<BR/><BR/>It made for a good April Fools joke, though, because so many farangs struggling to learn to read wish it were true.<BR/><BR/>"Weird" spellings are actually useful, because they disambiguate homophones (a headache in modern Lao), and make it easy to recognize foreign loanwords, especially Pali and Sanskrit, English, to a certain extent Khmer (e.g. final จ indicates a Khmer loan), and others.<BR/><BR/>Dear Thai language: I love you just the way you are. :PRikkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196282287835224940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-40127576714683682772009-04-02T20:21:00.000+07:002009-04-02T20:21:00.000+07:00says a lot about thai culture..How so? I think *an...<I><BR/>says a lot about thai culture..</I><BR/><BR/>How so? I think *anyone* would be annoyed to have to change their signs and books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-4686191562139736382009-04-02T18:33:00.000+07:002009-04-02T18:33:00.000+07:00WOW.. you know i have been fooled by this for the ...WOW.. you know i have been fooled by this for the past couple of days<BR/><BR/>i chatted to at least 3 thai friends, asking what they thought of the changes... all of them said they had been surprised, and one said that a lot of thai people were annoyed about changing their signs and books<BR/><BR/>says a lot about thai culture..<BR/><BR/>but wow i am stupid.. i was even telling everyone today that no one played an april fools joke on me.. (how wrong i was)jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17423258396080732220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-21967537434612176412009-04-02T02:31:00.000+07:002009-04-02T02:31:00.000+07:00For leaning Thai Slang has anyone heard if the boo...For leaning Thai Slang has anyone heard if the book "Outrageous Thai" is any good??<BR/><BR/>I am a ABT (American Born Thai, we like to say ^^) and was hoping to learn some of the modern slang before I head back this summer to visit my grand parents' family.<BR/><BR/>The write up in Amazon seems to be okay:<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Outrageous-Thai-Slang-Curses-Epithets/dp/0804840539<BR/><BR/>best, SomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-91584889098330972892009-04-01T20:22:00.000+07:002009-04-01T20:22:00.000+07:00When I read the title I thought, OH NO! Because I'...When I read the title I thought, OH NO! Because I'll never get all that stuff out of my head. <BR/><BR/>Then I quickly came to the same logic as others. <BR/><BR/>In no way is Thailand going to make sense out of the alphabet.Catherinehttp://womenlearnthai.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-92181437944933904022009-04-01T20:15:00.000+07:002009-04-01T20:15:00.000+07:00While they're at it, they should remove the conson...While they're at it, they should remove the consonant classes and mark tones outright.<BR/><BR/>In all seriousness, I could probably make an argument supporting the sentiment being lampooned. But I've heard arguments against spelling reform in English and Japanese that I think could apply. (For one, they make it easy to recognize sanskrit/pali words which follow different pronunciation rules.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-20028172897416800932009-04-01T19:24:00.000+07:002009-04-01T19:24:00.000+07:00haha, you got me there. Nice one.haha, you got me there. Nice one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-2719151793224448982009-04-01T16:27:00.000+07:002009-04-01T16:27:00.000+07:00J'espère que ça n'est qu'un poisson d'avril!J'espère que ça n'est qu'un poisson d'avril!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415203461056404622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-71949335974841300172009-04-01T16:24:00.000+07:002009-04-01T16:24:00.000+07:00Quelle honte!Quelle honte!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415203461056404622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-64498799959444906192009-04-01T14:27:00.000+07:002009-04-01T14:27:00.000+07:00This is not an April Fools - it is a fantasy for a...This is not an April Fools - it is a fantasy for anyone who has ever tried how to read and write Thai :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-76736447961644650502009-04-01T14:26:00.000+07:002009-04-01T14:26:00.000+07:00Ha ha, excellent post Rikker, วันโกหก indeed.Ha ha, excellent post Rikker, วันโกหก indeed.5tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939700299648004915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-16119738176581847842009-04-01T13:49:00.000+07:002009-04-01T13:49:00.000+07:00yeah u almost had me for half a second. but well d...yeah u almost had me for half a second. but well done. good post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658183476544443433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-23371762181486683292009-04-01T13:23:00.000+07:002009-04-01T13:23:00.000+07:00How do you spell April Fool in Thai?How do you spell April Fool in Thai?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com