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Colloquial case study: "You're funny-looking!"
A native Thai speaker and I recently collaborated on translating one of my favorite childish come-backs: Oh, you think you’re funny? Well you’re not funny, you’re just funny-looking!… more →
Thai Language Tricks
Colloquial case study: "You're funny-looking!"
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Jason wrote 1 year ago: A native Thai speaker and I recently collaborated on translating one of my favorite childish come-ba … more →
Profanity and Hilarity: Crossing the Line
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Jason wrote 1 year ago: Rikker’s post about the etymology of ทุเรศ reminded me of a phenomenon that all speakers of fo … more →
New Category: Nailing Thai
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Jason wrote 2 years ago: I created a new category called Nailing Thai. Nailing Thai is like nailing an athletic performance. … more →
Had better (do such-and-such) / (such-and-such) ดีกว่า
Jason wrote 2 years ago: English and Thai both use the word for “better” to describe a preferred action. “Y … more →
Mid Tone is the Hard Tone
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Jason wrote 2 years ago: It’s safe to say that new learners pick up the first three tones pretty easily (in the traditi … more →
